James Gordon (c.1708-1780): “a most Knowing and Ingenous" gardener, nursery and seedsmanTrade card of 'James Gordon, Seeds Man', c.1770. Gordon’s shop was located at the Sign of the Thistle & Crown near Philpot Lane,...
Apple Stories Part 2: The National Apple Congress of 1883‘Exhibition of apples in the Great Vinery of the Royal Horticultural Society, Chiswick, October 4 to 25, 1883’. From ‘The Gardeners...
Mistletoe: a Christmas Friend or Foe?'The Mistletoe Seller', by Myles Birket Foster from 'The London Illustrated News', 1854 As I now live in Herefordshire, surrounded by...
