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gardenhistorygirl
Aug 6, 202337 min read
Castlewellan Part 3: Thomas Ryan - a Head Gardener's Story
The story of the 5th Earl of Castlewellan's Head Gardener, Thomas Ryan
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gardenhistorygirl
Feb 28, 202327 min read
Castlewellan Part 2: The “long aisles of glass” - Castlewellan's Glasshouses
Castlewellan's Head Gardener, Thomas Ryan, in front of the terrace glasshouses c.1880's. By kind permission of the Ogilvie family...
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gardenhistorygirl
Jan 15, 202325 min read
Castlewellan - Part 1: An Irish gentleman gardener, the 5th Earl Annesley
Profile photograph of Huge Annesley (later the 5th Earl Annesley of Castlewellan) c.1854-55 Introduction This month, I’m writing about a...
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gardenhistorygirl
Oct 15, 202220 min read
In focus: Miss Willmott's published photographs
'The Garden House'. Plate 37 from 'Warley Garden in Spring and Summer' by Ellen Willmott, 1909 Introduction Anyone that reads my blogs...
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gardenhistorygirl
Aug 8, 202215 min read
Photography as applied to flowers: Mr Stevens’ ‘prize picture’
'Gloire de Dijon Roses from a prize photograph by Mr Henry Stevens', from 'The Gardeners' Chronicle', February 10, 1883 After a day’s...
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gardenhistorygirl
Dec 31, 20217 min read
A Christmas Present for 1909
For December, I’ve indulged myself somewhat by writing a blog containing some of my favourite garden history topics – the horticultural...
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gardenhistorygirl
Nov 22, 20219 min read
The Early Amateur Photographers - and the beginnings of 'garden photography'
'A Summer’s Evening, Penllergare', by John Dillwyn Llewelyn, August 1854. Note the camera on a tripod on the bank and its reflection in...
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