Humphrey Repton and Accessible Gardening History

"I have lived", said Mr. Humphrey Repton in 1816, "to see many of my plans beautifully realised, but many more cruelly marred...

More on Atomic Gardens

I know that when I am not blogging it must seem to my readers that I am not writing but indeed I am! My paper on Muriel Howorth, founder of...

Gardenhistorygirl is writing a book!

"A member of the Pole family at her desk C. 1806 at 14 St. James Square, Bristol" From the collection of Bristol Museums and Art G...

Words with a Garden History: Favela

Cnidoscolus quercifolius Note the spines... [source] Until this recent article in the Financial Times   I didn't know that the notorious...

Arborglyphs

image via yorkstories "N ay, I will try these verses, which lately I carved on the green bark of a beech-tree ... " Mopsus  (Virgi...

Into the Wild

"Beautiful nature" in the 18th century:  Pope's Garden at Twickenham, c.1730, by William Kent.  From the British Museum “Foll...

Zelda's Flowers

This past spring I provided some garden history background to the producers of the new Great Gatsby movie (who were lovely to work with), a...