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Exploring Garden History

Discover the people, places, styles and stories that have shaped our historic landscapes. The History Hub brings together resources from across the Gardens Trust to help you explore centuries of garden design, from visionary designers to iconic sites and enduring traditions.

Apollo and the Muses on Mount Helicon. Claude Lorrain, 1680.

Articles

Places

Perched on the north-eastern tip of the Isle of Wight, Norris Castle stands not only as a remarkable Regency Gothic Revival residence but also as home to one of the island’s most significant historic landscapes.

Periods

When we picture the gardens of the Roman period, our minds often leap to grand courtyards and marble statues, yet the reality was far more varied and influential than such images suggest.

Topics

From the Ancient Greeks via 17th century Dutch firefighters to modern day gardeners the history of the hosepipe is far from straightforward.

Topics

One of the greatest ‘inventions’ of the 19th century was the public park. Today, we all use them – and love them – but what do we actually know about them?

Garden Historians

Parks manager, historian, author and public speaker Dr Paul Rabbitts tells us how he began his career in parks management.