Protected Parks and Gardens to Visit this Autumn
As the nights grow shorter and the leaves get crispier, here are some of the best parks and gardens to visit this Autumn.
As the nights grow shorter and the leaves get crispier, here are some of the best parks and gardens to visit this Autumn.
Jekyll’s planting schemes and their harmonious colour palettes, and use of traditional crafts, remain the quintessential essence of English-style.
In Victorian Britain public parks were developed to promote health and wellbeing, and bandstands became focal points for communal entertainment.
Humphry Repton, the last great landscape designer of the Georgian era, advised on some 400 schemes across a 27 yearContinue Reading
Edward Kemp was one of the most prolific and influential landscape designers of the Victorian era.
These amazing English homes and gardens represent or have witnessed some of the most important historic events.
The Festival of Britain showcased science, technology, architecture and the arts in venues across the country. Much was dismantled at the end – but there are some remarkable remnants.
Allotmentswere born out of a national drive for self-sufficiency. Here we take a look at the history of allotments and their significance to our historic landscape.
His visionary landscape designs brought Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown lasting fame, punctuating the natural environment to this day with serpentine rivers,Continue Reading
Have you ever wondered about that grand mansion set into the hills of your local park or public garden? PerhapsContinue Reading