Tag Archives: winter garden

Winter Gardens

Posted on 04/01/2025 by The Garden History Blog

I’ve been struck recently by how many gardens are holding winter light shows. They used to be quite rare events but nowadays everyone seems to be getting in on the act. They showcase gardens and plants in a very different … Continue reading →

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Movers and Shakers

Posted on 14/11/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Last week’s post ended with the image printed in 1828 of Sir Henry Stuart’s balance-men being catapulted through the air while trying to move a tree, but over the following twenty years or so gardeners, foresters and landscapers invented a … Continue reading →

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The Crystal Palace of Paris

Posted on 17/10/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Last week’s post looked at the background to the 1867 Paris Universal Exhibition, and in particular at its parkland setting. It was the first world fair to give horticulture a major role with one section of the park covering about … Continue reading →

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Kensington goes Italian

Posted on 19/09/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Last week I wrote the background story of the Royal Horticultural Society’s magnificent but short-lived gardens in South Kensington, and today I want to follow up with an account of the gardens themselves designed by William Andrews Nesfield. When I sat … Continue reading →

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Andrew Murray & the Lost Gardens of Kensington

Posted on 12/09/2020 by The Garden History Blog

Who was Andrew Murray I can hear you asking and how did he lose a garden, especially one in Kensington? Well, of course he didn’t actually personally lose the garden, but he did record it before it was lost. A … Continue reading →