Garden History Image of the Week: New view of Chatsworth

Joseph Paxton's 1844 'Emperor' Fountain at Chatsworth as seen by '225.5º ARC X 5' by Bernar Venet. Part of " Beyo...

Arne Quinze's Cityscape, Brussels, 2008

Thanks to reader p.Ol Ghekiere for pointing out that the pavilion previously featured in the posting on nests was not in fact in Berlin, bu...

Garden History Image of the Week...Le Jardin Japonais

To add to the previously posted history of Japanese dish gardens , this lovely image by Icart published in the French magazine L'Illustr...

El Jardin Borda, Cuernavaca, Mexico, c. 1908

An excerpt from Viva Mexico!, by Charles Macomb Flandrau, 1908: "Early in the eighteenth century there went to Mexico from France a boy...

Eric Ravilious' Garden for Wedgwood

I've admired the work of British illustrator Eric Ravilious (1903-1942), but only recently became aware that he designed two garden-ba...

Florence Yoch and the gardens of Gone with the Wind

Another hometown connection has been prominent lately...I've been reading Landscaping the American Dream: The Gardens and Film Sets of F...

Cherokees at Wilton House and garden, 1762

Those of you who know me personally may be surprised that I haven't blogged much about Wilton, being that it usually looms large in my g...