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The Chinese Garden in Montreal

Posted on 27/06/2020 by The Garden History Blog

It was just about the last thing I expected on a short visit to Montreal last October: a Chinese Garden. In Europe we’ve been used to Chinoiserie for over 300 years but while some examples are genuine imitations [if … Continue reading →

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“An easy first in his profession”

Posted on 30/11/2019 by The Garden History Blog

If you’re someone who reads this blog regularly then you can probably name many of Britain’s great garden designers, but who is/was the most prolific? Was it Capability Brown with more than 200 major projects? Gertrude Jekyll who is now … Continue reading →