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History Hub

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

You can filter our history hub using the categories below to view People, Places and Styles. We’ll be adding other ways to explore our History Hub as it grows.

Garden Historians

Garden history consultant and Gardens Trust trustee Jill Sinclair tells us how her interest in landscape design led her to the subject

Garden Historians

Garden historian, teacher and writer Cherrill Sands tells us about her horticultural career change

Garden Historians

Garden, plant and social historian Advolly Richmond tells us about her move from the automotive industry to gardens

Garden Historians

Garden historian David Marsh tells us about his move from teaching to garden history

Garden Historians

Gardener and author Ben Dark tells us about his career as a head gardener and historian

People

Miss Dora Stafford was admired in 1930s society gossip columns but scandalised newspaper editors with her ‘solo’ plant hunting exploits at the age of 40.