Garden history

Reflections, learning & inspiration from the past. Historical people and places.

Garden history

Ancient Tree, Epic Journey: The Buckland Yew Goes Walkabout

Moving trees is child’s play today: we have diggers and cranes. It was not always as easy…

Garden history

The NerdMistress General: What my Dad's Slayer Taught me About Garden History

I'm used to digging around stately homes for 'grand' history, but a chance find in Dad's cellar made me think again about where we find the real stories behind our gardens.

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