Tag Archives: Stowe

Josiah Wedgwood and a plateful of Green Frogs

Posted on 15/03/2025 by The Garden History Blog

It’s now just over ten years since the Wedgwood Collection, one of the most important industrial archives in the world and a unique record of over 250 years of British art, was saved by the Art Fund from sale and dispersal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belton, Eric Ravilious, Hackfall, Moor Park, Painshill, Stoke Gilford, Stowe, Trentham, Welbeck, William Emes | Leave a comment

Anglesey Abbey

Posted on 12/01/2019 by The Garden History Blog

Just under a century ago two wealthy Anglo-American brothers, fanatical about horse racing bought a stud farm near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. They also wanted to enjoy the life of the huntin’ shootin’ and fishin’ set in the English … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anglesey Abbey, Arthur Hellyer, avenues, Copped Hall, dahlias, graham stuart thomas, herbaceous border, hyacinths, John Cheere, John Sales, Lanning Roper, lawns, Lord Fairhaven, National Trust, Roses, scheemakers, sculpture, snowdrops, Stowe, temple, winter garden | Leave a comment

East comes West

Posted on 08/09/2018 by The Garden History Blog

Dr Johnson wrote in 1738 : “There are few nations in the world more talked of, or less known than the Chinese.” He was reflecting on the latest book about China to be published, one which Patrick Conner in Oriental Architecture in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Admiral Anson, china, Chinoiserie, Dr Johnson, du Halde, guide books, Horace Walpole, jemima grey, jesuits, kew, Lord Burlington, Mrs Delany, National Trust, Nieuhof, pagoda, sanderson miller, Shugborough, Stowe, Studley Royal, Thomas Robins, Thomas Wright, wotton, wrest park, Wroxton | 2 Comments

The Picturesque Traveller discovers Wales

Posted on 07/04/2018 by The Garden History Blog

A few months ago I wrote about the change in attitudes to ‘wilderness’ and ‘untamed’ landscapes in the 18thc in a post concentrating on the Lake District. This week I want to turn to Wales which became another 18thc scenic landscape … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Celtic Revival, Druids, Lake District, Paul Sandby, Richard Wilson, Romanticism, Stowe, Thomas Pennant, Wales, Watkin Williams-Wynn, William Gilpin | 1 Comment

Queen Caroline & her Hermitage

Posted on 09/01/2016 by The Garden History Blog

In the 1720s and 1730s the gardens at Richmond Lodge (now part of Kew Gardens)were the “special domain” and “spiritual oasis” of a remarkable and underestimated woman who created a carefully staged landscape that was renowned throughout the country and … Continue reading →