Archive for: April 2016
Some buildings in London are lucky enough to have blue plaques to famous former residents; a select few are adorned by two of the famous roundels. The recent double blue plaque unveiling in Chelsea – to the alluringly alliterative duo of Samuel Beckett and Patrick Blackett – prompts the question...
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Tulips were first introduced to England in the 1630s as 'tulipmania' swept the gardens of wealthy Europeans. They became popular again in Victorian gardens then continued to be planted in glamorous gardens in the 1930s. You can follow the story of their changing popularity in some of our garde...
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Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown is remembered for the radical changes he made to country estates in the mid-eighteenth century. He removed the formal geometric designs of the 17th century, replacing them with rolling lawns, informal planting and serpentine rivers.
Brown usually operated on an imm...
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