Toronto Gardens?

Just flagging up that I'll be in Toronto in a couple of weeks for a conference...any garden suggestions? I'll make sure to visit the...

I could do this! Wood Slice Mosaic Paving

Simply set in sand at the Portland Flower Show earlier this year. Originally observed and photographed by katyelliot ; found via materialici...

Japanese Dish Gardens

[Meiji era woodblock print of a dish garden from Fuji Arts ] A comment by reader chookie on the post of the Kingsnorth garden in miniature ...

Garden History Quote of the Week

"Democrats favored the formal European approach while Republicans opted for the picturesque English style." from a discussion of t...

The Viele Map

"In connection with this brief account of the origin of the Central Park, it seems appropriate here to notice the topographical atlas o...

Garden History image of the week...Kingsnorth Gardens, Folkestone in miniature

From the Science and Society Photographic Archives, originally published in the Daily Herald in the 1950s: ‘Mr and Mrs Grace of Kingsnorth G...

Garden History image of the week...Victorian plant markers

From a sale of Victoriana (including some garden items) by Simon Chorley auctioneers . I must start saying that my plants were 'found in...