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Interwar Gardens

The Interwar Years (1918–1939) marked a pivotal shift in garden design, as landscapes responded to both personal grief and broader cultural transformation.

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The Victorian Garden

Victorian gardens offer a window into a world where nature, design, and innovation came together in dazzling harmony.

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The Hortus Conclusus

What springs to mind when you think about medieval gardens? Probably monks, monasteries and herbs first but you might remember seeing people sitting in a walled or hedged garden.

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Medieval Gardens

Monasteries, castles, the rich and the poor all had gardens in medieval times but what did they look like and what did they grow?

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Georgian Garden Design

Rooted in Enlightenment thinking and the rise of the picturesque, Georgian gardens became spaces where nature was artfully framed rather than tamed.

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Electroculture

Long before solar panels and smart irrigation, a different kind of energy was being quietly trialled in gardens across Europe: electricity.

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Wheelbarrows

Was it simply an item of garden equipment or instead a weapon of war?

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The English Landscape Garden

The English Landscape Garden developed throughout the eighteenth century and has been called our greatest contribution to art and culture.

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Threats to Parks and Gardens

Each year parks and gardens face a range of modern-day threats that can compromise their value and long-term survival.