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The future is blossoming
The stained glass windows of Josef Albers (1920-33) demonstrate the remarkable advances that were made in glass art in the period between 1885 (with the Tiffany glass Company) and 1933 (with students...
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Could Hemel Hempsted's Jellicoe Water Gardens be managed by volunteers?
Would British gardeners volunteer to help with local public parks and gardens? The Americans do! We observed that Hemel Hempstead Water Gardens are a National Disgrace and that Hemel Hempstead Water...
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A landscape memorial to Saddam Hussein's "Victory" over the Marsh Arabs who...
Saddam Hussein’s Victory Arch in Baghdad is being restored – with mixed feelings among commentators. Meanwhile, the habitat of the Marsh Arabs is also being restored. But the Marshes, which are often...
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A new-to-become ancient tree was planted in Greenwich Park in 2011
New ancient chestunt tree in Greenwich Park There used to be a Horse Chestnut tree planted here. It died and was left as a 750mm stump for a few years, in which time it was much used by children and by...
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The Claremont Amphitheatre as a problem in historic garden restoration
The historic amphitheatre in Claremont Landscape Garden Clockwise, the images of the Claremont Amphitheatre show (1) Charles Bridgeman’s design, as illustrated in Stephen Switzer’s Hydrostatiks (2)...
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Edinburgh as an urban landscape design with some brilliant greenways
Following upon the discussion of Copenhagen’s Greenfinger Plan, here are two photographs of my hometown. They show examples of ‘urban landscapes’. BUT BUT BUT I do not regard the buildings as ‘urban’...
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Garden design and the history of art
Developments in gardens parallel developments in the fine arts The top pictures show a medieval statue, Michaelangelo’s David and Bernini’s David. The lower pictures show a medieval garden, a...
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Does Greenwich Park have the oldest avenue of trees in England?
The most important avenue in Greenwich Park, because it is grass, not tarmac, and because it has so many ancient chestnuts, is blocked by a Royal Bin Store for the cafe (above left - also note the...
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Political Landscapes
Soviet Memorial, Treptower Park Located in East Berlin, the Soviet Memorial in Treptower Park is the last resting place for 7,000 Russian soldiers. Planned in 1945, finished in 1949, the design was...
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Shalimar Bagh Kashmir: historic garden conservation
As a generalisation, the condition of historic gardens in most countries is getting better. They enjoy more expert attention, more visitors and more resources. Shalimar Bagh in Kashmir is an...
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Michelham Priory Medieval Garden
Michelham Priory Garden is a delightfully tranquil moated manor house in East Sussex. What I like most about it is the recreated medieval garden. And what I like most about the medieval garden is the...
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Wrest Park Garden is a stylistic hybrid – and all the better for it
The central axis of Wrest Park Garden is one of the best examples of the High Baroque Style of garden design in England Wrest Park is not as well-visited as it deserves. The garden was restored in 2011...
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