Blogs about: Humphry Repton
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Maintaining the grounds of a landed British estate: Georgian gardening
Great landed estates were symbols of the owner’s wealth and status in British society. Everything was put on grand display – from the exquisite architecture of the house itself to the furn… more →
Jane Austen's World
10 Historic London Garden Squares…7. Bloomsbury Square
wrote 6 days ago: Initially known as Southampton Square, Bloomsbury Square – located just to the east of the Bri … more →
Regency Personalities Series-Humphry Repton
wrote 3 weeks ago: Regency Personalities Series In my attempts to provide us with the details of the Regency, today I c … more →
The Picturesque Landscape
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wrote 4 weeks ago: It’s Chelsea Week again, and I’ve been reading Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening by William S … more →
Twelfth of March*
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wrote 4 months ago: How time flies… on 12 March it’ll be a year since I started working as Assistant Gardene … more →
Maintaining the grounds of a landed British estate: Georgian gardening
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wrote 9 months ago: Great landed estates were symbols of the owner’s wealth and status in British society. Everyth … more →
Arboretum Notes
wrote 1 year ago: This year I limited my grafting to Baldwin and Russet. There’s an excellent Russet at the in-l … more →
Austen on the Block! ~ Results of Today's Christie's Auction
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wrote 1 year ago: June 13, 2012: the results are in on today’s Christie’s auction I posted about last mont … more →
Austen On the Block! ~ Northanger Abbey and Persuasion 1st edition
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wrote 1 year ago: Auction Alert! Christie’s Sale 5334: Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts 13 June 2012, Lon … more →
Dispatch from the Arboretum
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wrote 1 year ago: I spent the morning digging up a plot to put in a dozen raspberry canes I was given. They’re g … more →
In an English country garden...
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wrote 1 year ago: The garden seats planned for Lady Salusbury and her companion Mrs Maud A new addition to the local h … more →
Hotel Endsleigh, Milton Abbot, Devon / Effortless, gorgeous and homely
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wrote 1 year ago: Last night was one of those nights, were a really special experience makes me think how we evaluate … more →
Nineteenth Century High Victorian Gardens
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wrote 2 years ago: The nineteenth century horticulture found in Europe is both vast and confusing. There was a signific … more →
Humphry Repton
wrote 2 years ago: Humphry Repton (1752 – 1818) was one of the last greatest English landscape designers of the e … more →
How does YOUR Garden grow?
wrote 2 years ago: For quite some time now I’ve known of the existence of a letter from Humphry Repton to Charles … more →
Humphry Repton's Famous Landscape Designs
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wrote 2 years ago: Repton's design for the gardens for the Royal Pavillion, Brighton Sir Humphry Repton (1752-1818 … more →
Invisible Green: A Favorite Colour for Georgian Landscape Buildings and Garden Fences
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wrote 2 years ago: Inquiring reader: This is the second post by historical paint expert Patrick Baty of Papers and Pain … more →
Jane Austen, Humphry Repton & The Pierpont Morgan
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wrote 2 years ago: A post to merely to remind you that the exhibition at the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum on Ro … more →
Cassandra Leigh Austen's Stay at Stoneleigh Abbey
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wrote 3 years ago: This weekend as we celebrate Mother’s Day, my thoughts turn to Cassandra Austen, wife of Rev. … more →
Blaise Castle
wrote 3 years ago: Blaise Castle is an 18th century mansion-house and estate near Henbury in Bristol (formerly in Glouc … more →
