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Garden History
The story of gardens, of any gardens, is a fascinating one of time, fashion, philosophy and plants; and of the people involved: designers, artists, constructors; clients and their own ideas and desires. These stories are not only interesting, they need to be told, for reasons of preservation and conservation; for sharing knowledge amongst ourselves and for future generations.
gardens and people wishes to build up a stock of articles, stories, theses which throw light on the past and can be shared. If you have such knowledge please get in touch - see 'how to submit' section.
Garden History Articles
Due to the length of content and the many pictures we include, some articles may take more than a minute to download - please be patient - it is worth it!
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Chiswick House Gardens Restoration - By Bella D'ArcyChiswick House Gardens is a site of international importance both as the birthplace of the English Landscape Movement, and as the setting for one of the most beautiful houses in London... [Read full article]. |
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Bernard Lassus unbuilt garden - By Jill SinclairIn the third article of an occasional series for Gardens and People, landscape historian Jill Sinclair looks at the extraordinary proposal by French designer Bernard Lassus to reinvent the Jardin des Tuileries in the heart of Paris... [Read full article]. |
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Design Special: Gardens that were never builtBack into place: the reawakening of a long-lost Capability Brown design... [Read full article]. |
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The Gardens of Frances Evelyn, Countess of WarwickThe Story will be presented on the website in three parts:
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Historic Restoration in the USA - by Marion Pressley
Marion Pressley is a Leader at Pressley Associates, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, USA. The company has been winning awards since 1977, their latest, Outstanding Design in Landscape Architecture ... [Read full article].
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Fruit in 17th Century Gardens - by Sandra NicholsonWhen one thinks historically of fruit in the garden, it is likely that the image conjured up will be the walled kitchen garden of the 19th century but two centuries earlier fruit was a major component of the pleasure garden... [Read full article]. |
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The Medieval Garden: Prebendal - By Mike BrownThe Prebendal Manor medieval gardens are the subject of a current Time Team and were also featured in the series ‘Royal Gardeners’, introduced by Alan Titchmarsh, who described the gardens as a "stunning example of a recreated medieval garden"... [Read full article]. |
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The Good Life: exhibition at the Garden History MuseumIn 2009, ‘The Good Life’ became a mass movement for the first time since the late 1970s, when the sit-com of the same name juxtaposed self-sufficiency with the tedium of the ‘rat race’... [Read full article]. |
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Gardens that were never built - by Jill SinclairMost of us would give almost anything to have our gardens laid out by one of the great designers – a Humphry Repton terrace perhaps, or a Gertrude Jekyll flower border... [Read full article]. |
Further Garden History Resources
You can find out more about Garden History on these websites:
About Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll was a remarkable woman, a gardener, artist and designer. Find her in Bella D'Arcy's book, Gardens of Divine Imitation and on this website:
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