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The beauty of early Japanese plant catalogues
Detail from the front cover of L. Boehmer & Co.’s catalogue for 1899-1900 In this blog, I'm concentrating on one of the earliest of these...
gardenhistorygirl
Oct 31, 20204 min read


Nature’s own shades of colour
Nature's own shades of colour
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Oct 24, 20207 min read


A prickly tale: Eryngium giganteum Miss Willmott’s Ghost
A prickly tale: Eryngium giganteum Miss Willmott's Ghost
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Oct 19, 20206 min read


Great Maytham Hall's 'real' Secret Garden
"and the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles."
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Oct 16, 20205 min read
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