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To build, to plant, whatever you intend,

To rear the column, or the arch to bend,

To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot;

In all, let Nature never be forgot.

But treat the goddess like a modest fair,

Nor overdress, nor leave her wholly bare;

Let not each beauty ev'rywhere be spied,

Where half the skill is decently to hide.

He gains all points, who pleasingly confounds,

Surprises, varies, and conceals the bounds.

Alexander Pope, Epistle IV To Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington, 1731.

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Association of Gardens Trusts

It's decision time. Last year, the Garden History Society and the Association of Gardens Trusts voted in principle, to a merger of the two organisations. ...
Early American Gardens

Martha Washington (1731-1802) - From the Garden to the Table While George Washington oversaw most aspects of managing Mount Vernon's pleasure gardens ...
Garden History Matters

Exciting news. Herewith a few days advanced notice of my latest book *The Garden: Elements and Styles* to be published on 1 October by Phaidon. However, ...
Garden History Society

On Monday 5 September, Parks & Gardens UK (P&GUK) with Hestercombe Gardens Trust have received £97,900 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to secure the f...
gardenhistorygirl

Bas-relief from the reign of Ur-Nammu, King of Sumer 2057-2030 BC (first depiction of a potted plant) 'Spindel' planter designed by Willy Guhl and Anton B...
Historical Gardens

Een bijzin in een publicatie over Lancelot Brown, met betrekking tot zijn werk op Audley End, leidde tot een speurtocht in Rotterdamse en Britse archieven....
Lancelot Capability Brown

A steady trickle of media articles concerning Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is building to quite a flow at the moment as the 2016 Festival Year picks up pace...
OF GARDENS

Hopefully, you have noticed I haven’t posted since August, 2016. The reason is I have exciting news. I’ve been asked to write a book on Gardens and Fine Ar...
Parks and Gardens UK

No you haven’t misread the calendar. It isn’t Saturday. And no your eyes haven’t deceived you – it is a post from P&G – although, in fact, it’s the last o...
Pettifers Garden Blog | The view from Pettifers Garden in Oxfordshire England

Golden leaves and orange seedbeds underneath the canopy of Malus Transitoria The par terre at Pettifers in autumn splendour with the Autumn border in the d...
Sayes Court - London's Lost Garden

Just a postscript, really, to the previous post. Since writing that, I’ve found a couple more pieces of information about mulberries at Sayes Court. Firstl...
some LANDSCAPES

Paul Cézanne, *Montagne Sainte-Victoire*, c. 1890 This is a photo I took on my phone of a painting in the Tate's superb Cézanne exhibition. I won't attem...
The Garden Nomad | … here is a brighter garden

Anther winter distraction — forcing spring bulbs.
The Garden Wanderer

In my last blog, I started talking about the Toronto Botanical Gardens (TBG), particularly the Entry Garden Walk designed by Piet Oudolf. Although it’s gr...
Treasure Hunt

The autumn issue of National Trust Magazine, which is about to come out, has this image on the cover. It is the Chinese wallpaper in the State bedroom at P...

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