gardenhistorygirlMar 2327 minJames 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,...
gardenhistorygirlFeb 1311 minApple 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...
gardenhistorygirlJan 811 minMistletoe: 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...
gardenhistorygirlNov 27, 202324 minMiss Willmott's Water Lilies'Lily Pool', Plate 16 from Ellen Willmott's book of her own photographs titled 'Warley Garden in Spring and Summer', published 1909 Those...