tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12859682460450865412024-03-08T23:51:17.598+01:00Garden History MattersListen up. Garden History Matters. It does and these are. The aim and hope of this blog is to 'up' the profile of this fascinating and diverse subject. And along the way to share some of the remarkable, quirky, bizarre and human stories that make garden history so enjoyable.Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.comBlogger316125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-11553334394749128192020-09-28T11:30:00.035+02:002020-09-28T11:30:00.393+02:00My Newest Book<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpgpIqLY3xI/X3CqXCARVRI/AAAAAAAABjA/d6ARXUQ7xQ8hZXF-hcQvEUtYb6Au8QYNACLcBGAsYHQ/s1846/9781838660765.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1846" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fpgpIqLY3xI/X3CqXCARVRI/AAAAAAAABjA/d6ARXUQ7xQ8hZXF-hcQvEUtYb6Au8QYNACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9781838660765.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Exciting news. Herewith a few days advanced notice of my latest book <i><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1838660763/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1838660763&linkCode=as2&tag=tobymusg-21&linkId=c2a319f875d76a26d3bccdb1a1871040" target="_blank">The Garden: Elements and Styles</a></i> to be published on 1 October by Phaidon. However, pre-publication orders are available via the link.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do take a look at the </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">snippets I will </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">be posting on Instagram: @toby_musgrave</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-frv2WL-jidg/X3Cs9bE9FCI/AAAAAAAABjk/bfwInBN5ISwI5ooNJUGKCoq9Buvn8lbkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/The-Garden-Elements-and-Style-EN-6076-Face-out-sheet-spread-01%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1189" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-frv2WL-jidg/X3Cs9bE9FCI/AAAAAAAABjk/bfwInBN5ISwI5ooNJUGKCoq9Buvn8lbkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/The-Garden-Elements-and-Style-EN-6076-Face-out-sheet-spread-01%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">From </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Allée to Zeitgeist </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><i>The Garden</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"> is an A-to-Z compendium, exploring the creative art of garden-making through more than 200 elements, styles and features. </span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXYNRJVDHZE/X3CtEiPLciI/AAAAAAAABjo/OD4DwdKFU10s00juser0VAvJ2_C1qua4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1367/9781838660765-spread-7-1500%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="797" data-original-width="1367" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XXYNRJVDHZE/X3CtEiPLciI/AAAAAAAABjo/OD4DwdKFU10s00juser0VAvJ2_C1qua4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/9781838660765-spread-7-1500%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The text for each entry explores and describes the subject and is accompanied by beautiful exemplar illustrations drawn from historic and contemporary gardens around the world. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KEG_HYC1Wc0/X3CudrQKMvI/AAAAAAAABj4/YD_vFgCqu74n2M0i7qTtTrmWwtK0xt56wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/276%2BVista.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KEG_HYC1Wc0/X3CudrQKMvI/AAAAAAAABj4/YD_vFgCqu74n2M0i7qTtTrmWwtK0xt56wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/276%2BVista.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vista</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From Windcliff, Indianola, overlooking Puget Sound to Mount Rainier. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Designed by Dan Hinkley. </span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picture credit: © Claire Takacs</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-62220447997682350432020-09-27T16:50:00.011+02:002020-09-27T17:44:51.566+02:00One of Two New Books - The Multifarious Mr. Banks<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUCdt6z4_h8/X3Ca0N0SDoI/AAAAAAAABio/3owPTZmm4RI8GUr8wL6qyCFIDQKJ4L1dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s499/Multifarious%2BCover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="322" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gUCdt6z4_h8/X3Ca0N0SDoI/AAAAAAAABio/3owPTZmm4RI8GUr8wL6qyCFIDQKJ4L1dQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Multifarious%2BCover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been a very long time since I last posted posted. In part because I have been busy writing, with the result I have two books </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">published </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">this year. Yale University Press published </span><i style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0300223838/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tobymusg-21&camp=1634&creative=6738&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0300223838&linkId=61c4e1b6ce3f968d1199c06268010e79" target="_blank">The Multifarious Mr. Banks</a></i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> back in May. The biography is my contribution to the rehabilitation of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), an overlooked yet fascinating and pivotal Enlightenment figure. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tawaki-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Banks-vs-Cook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="590" height="185" src="https://www.tawaki-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Banks-vs-Cook.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">www.tawaki-project.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Banks-vs-Cook.jpg</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If, at all, he seems to be remembered by the Brits as the natural historian who sailed with James Cook on his first circumnavigation in the <i>Endeavour</i>. But there is so much more to the man, not least establishing the <a href="https://www.kew.org/" target="_blank">Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew</a> on a scientific footing and being the driving force behind the establishment of the penal colony at Sydney Cove. As such is is much better remembered in Down Under where he is often called the Father of Australia.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.sydneybarani.com.au/assets/first-contact.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="620" height="175" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.sydneybarani.com.au/assets/first-contact.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo Credit</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/cdn.sydneybarani.com.au/assets/first-contact.jpg</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">But there is much, much more to the man. Just a few of his achievements are: President of the Royal Society for an unequalled 42 years; co-founder of the (what is now called the) <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk" target="_blank">Royal Horticultural Society</a> and the African Association that sent out </span><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo_Park_(explorer)" target="_blank"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Mungo Park</span></a></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> to search for the source of the River Niger; agricultural pioneer; the man who arranged the theft from Portugual of Merino sheep and thus secured their into the British flock; the founding father of scientific plant hunting; pioneer of ensuring scientific studies were included as a core component to voyages of discovery (Vancouver, Flinders and Scorsbey to name but three); and driving force behind the establishment of the </span><span><a href="https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/about/history" target="_blank"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Ordnance Survey </span></a></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">mapping of Britain. And of course he was the organiser of the voyage of economic plant transfer that ended with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Mutiny on the Bounty</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg/640px-Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="640" height="233" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg/640px-Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Photo Credit </span></span><span style="text-align: left;">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg/640px-Mutiny_HMS_Bounty.jpg</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">At his London home, 32 Soho Square, Banks established what may be described as his own private research institute which housed his collections of specimens (now held by the </span><span><a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/joseph-banks-scientist-explorer-botanist.html" target="_blank"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Natural History Museum</span></a></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"> - the link gives a good summary of Banks and his work) and what was then the greatest natural history library in Europe (now in the British Library). 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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In this case the treasure is a collection of journals written by Thomas Ruddy (1842-1912) who was head gardener at Palé Hall in North Wales. The journals are not day-to-day accounts of gardening but rather a record of a remarkable life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And thanks to the hard labours of their current owner Thomas' life and works are being published on his fascinating <a href="http://thomasruddy.co.uk/" target="_blank">eponymously-named blog.</a> This truly is a remarkable record, not only because of its contents but perhaps more so because of the paucity of surviving accounts written by head gardeners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">With a big thank you to Wendy who has done so much hard work to make Thomas' accounts available to all of us, do visit <a href="http://thomasruddy.co.uk/" target="_blank">Thomas' blog</a> and immerse yourself in his fascinating yet lost world.</span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-59125773828803166862016-02-25T16:34:00.003+01:002016-02-25T16:34:46.348+01:00Heirloom Plants...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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the USA and Australia, or as we in Britain call them...Heritage Plants.
A few years back I wrote a book entitled <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0500516189?creativeASIN=0500516189&linkCode=w00&linkId=&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_til&tag=wwwtobymusgra-21" target="_blank">Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables</a></i>
(in the US) and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0500516138?creativeASIN=0500516138&linkCode=w00&linkId=&ref_=as_sl_pc_tf_til&tag=wwwtobymusgra-21" target="_blank"><i>Heritage Fruits and Vegetables</i></a> (in the UK) which
explored the stories behind our popular fruits and vegetables and offered
examples of old-fashioned cultivars that remain available to
grow. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A
fascinating book to research and write, but with one frustration -
there was insufficient space detail as many of those splendid surviving cultivars as I would have liked.</span></div>
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‘Thomas Etty’ (in the guise of his great, great grandson Ray Warner who
like his illustrious ancestor is also a seed merchant) has come to the
rescue with <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782403175?creativeASIN=1782403175&linkCode=w00&linkId=&ref_=as_sl_pc_qf_sp_asin_til&tag=wwwtobymusgra-21" target="_blank"><i>Heirloom Plants</i></a>.</span></div>
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vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers and looking most Victorian, this
illustrious tome is a directory that offers the reader names and
descriptions of a wide range of heritage / heirloom cultivars which we
SHOULD ALL BE GROWING in our gardens. The book concludes with short
section of Cultivation Tips and a very helpful ‘Seed Suppliers &
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-53444147997622658832015-12-11T13:31:00.003+01:002015-12-11T13:31:45.215+01:00Review of Paradise Gardens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-26859354150787242032015-09-10T12:06:00.000+02:002015-09-10T12:22:36.904+02:00Hidden Gardens & Urban Oasis<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Not a specifically garden history post this time but rather a plea for help with a project I am working on. That is to identify the world's best small urban gardens - t</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">he quirkier and more unusual the better</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The main criteria are that the gardens must be a) hidden gems, that is to say so not well known about - although </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">well know </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">suggestions such as </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">New York's Payley Park are most welcome. And b) the gardens must be open to the public - with or without an entrance fee. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The gardens can be </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">historic or </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">contemporary, for example <a href="http://sfrecpark.org/destination/fay-park/" target="_blank">Fay Park</a> in San Fransisco - a rare example of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Church_%28landscape_architect%29" target="_blank">Thomas Church</a> garden, or the delightful <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/state-government-called-on-to-future-proof-wendy-whiteleys-secret-garden/story-fngr8h9d-1227519458856" target="_blank">Wendy's Secret Garden</a> in Sydney whose future is under threat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">If you can help out with any suggestions, please do <a href="mailto:toby@tobymusgrave.com" target="_blank">email me</a>. I have also started a <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/tobymusgrave/urban-oasis-hidden-gardens/" target="_blank">Pinterest page</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">According to the <a href="http://www.stroudnewsandjournal.co.uk/news/13630546.Construction_work_begins_to_open_up____hidden____garden_behind_the_Museum_in_the_Park_in_Stroud/" target="_blank">Stroud News</a> construction work begins to open up ‘hidden’ garden behind the <a href="http://www.museuminthepark.org.uk/" target="_blank">Museum in the Park</a>. The restoration of this walled garden is not only to return the garden to its original quadripartite form and to develop the four quarters, but also to open the garden up to the community and offer new learning and public programming opportunities.</span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-44831116679282408192015-09-08T13:45:00.000+02:002015-09-08T13:45:56.379+02:00Bishop's Palace gardens, Abergwili<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another garden restoration to report on, this time in Wales. The neglected grounds of the Bishop's Palace in Abergwili, Carmarthenshire are going to receive a whopping £1.2 million facelift, according to the <a href="http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/Palace-grounds-plans-forge-ahead/story-27672279-detail/story.html#ixzz3k5ieBbNr" target="_blank">Camarthen Journal</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The gardens surround the Palace which is home to the <a href="http://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/residents/theatresartsmuseums/museums/carmarthenshire-museum/#.VeALWHstVFw" target="_blank">Camarthenshire Museum</a>, and the <a href="http://www.whgt.org.uk/" target="_blank">Welsh Historic Gardens Trust</a> (WHGT) which is leading the project </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> has secured</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> funding</span></span> </span>to commission specialist reports to explore ways in which the grounds may be rescued and revitalised.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Following this there will be a further grant application to secure the funds to enable the physical work which will, according to Judith Holland of WHGT "conserve and revitalise the Bishop's
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-63732513323108629652015-09-08T11:40:00.000+02:002015-09-08T11:40:36.099+02:00Victorian Garden Restoration at Woodchester Mansion<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another cheering garden restoration story, this time form the <a href="http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/History-comes-life-Woodchester-Park/story-27681823-detail/story.html" target="_blank">Western Daily Press</a> reporting on the most unusual property of <a href="http://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/" target="_blank">Woodchester Mansion</a> in Gloucestershire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;">Woodchester Mansion is a 19th century Gothic masterpiece </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;">hidden in a secluded Cotswold valley and </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;">which was </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.231;">mysteriously </span></span>abandoned mid-construction in
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">More visitor information can be found from the <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/woodchester-park/" target="_blank">National Trust webpage</a>.</span></div>
<br />Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-7152176446661734952015-09-03T13:44:00.000+02:002015-09-03T13:44:11.642+02:00Paradise Gardens...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">...is officially published today by <a href="http://www.quartoknows.com/books/9780711236530/Paradise-Gardens.html" target="_blank">Frances Lincoln</a>. I am very excited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is a review of it by Alison Levey on her <a href="http://www.blackberrygarden.co.uk/2015/09/book-review-paradise-gardens-by-toby.html?spref=tw" target="_blank">The Blackberry Garden</a> blog.</span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-77510217566384218662015-09-03T09:15:00.000+02:002015-09-03T09:15:29.848+02:00Conferences & Symposium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The <a href="https://eahn2016conference.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">fourth international meeting of the European Architectural History Network</a> will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on 2-4 June 2016. The deadline for submission of papers is 30 September - more <a href="https://eahn2016conference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.luh2016.org/" target="_blank">VI International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture</a> is to be held in Athens, Greece between 20-25 June 2016. Organised by the Laboratory of Floriculture & Landscape Architecture of the Agricultural University of Athens, under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science is now open for <a href="http://www.ishs.org/symposium/367" target="_blank">Abstract Submission</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://envhis.oxfordjournals.org/" target="_blank"><i>Environment and History</i></a> is looking to build on the success of its sponsored 'Parks and Gardens' panels at the European Society for Environmental History this summer in Versailles by putting together a special issue of the journal focused on park and garden history.<a href="https://networks.h-net.org/node/19397/discussions/76133/call-papers-journal-articles-special-issue-environment-and-history" target="_blank"> Applications are invited </a>for papers from scholars working in any field whose work interrogates the subject of parks and gardens with a historical emphasis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last but not least, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.doaks.org/research/garden-landscape" target="_blank">Garden and Landscape Studies</a> at Dumbarton Oaks invites proposals for presentations at the 2016 symposium “Landscape and the Academy.” Universities are custodians of some of the world's most significant designed landscapes. How and why have they come to be responsible for so many different kinds of landscapes? And what role do these landscapes play today in academic life, pedagogy, and cultural politics? To be considered for inclusion, send a c.v. and a one paragraph to one page abstract to <a href="mailto:landscape@doaks.org">landscape@doaks.org</a> by September 15, 2015.</span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-41992086269598996312015-08-29T14:30:00.000+02:002015-08-31T12:06:36.330+02:00Restoration of Quex Park Walled Garden<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The garden team at <a href="http://www.quexpark.co.uk/museum/quex-gardens/" target="_blank">Quex Park</a> in Kent is planning to restore the Victorian Walled Garden to its former glory. But as is so often the case in such situations there is shortage of records from which to work.</span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-16119569850794603202015-08-28T13:43:00.004+02:002015-08-28T13:43:48.179+02:00Hooray for 'Capability' Brown<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Next year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of Britain's greatest landscape designer, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. Certainly his work was the apogee of the eighteenth-century English landscape garden, and I still maintain that if one applies the two Modernist maxims of 'Form follows Function' and 'Less is More' then Brow was not only the first Modernist landscape designer but also by far the most successful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">However in the 232 years since his death poor old Brown has come in mor more than his fair share of stick. In fact vitriol would be a more accurate word. A destroyer of formal gardens, a displacer of villagers are but two of the accusations used to beat him with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And to our national shame Brown has been deliberately ignored or exorcised from various celebrations of British gardening and garden history. So thank goodness that he is now getting some of the much credit he is due.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Today sees the launch of the 'face' of the <a href="http://www.capabilitybrown.org/" target="_blank">Capability Brown Festival 2016</a> . The portrait of the affable-looking chap himself is by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cosway" target="_blank">Richard Cosway</a>, probably between 1770 and 1775. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The Festival has been has been funded by a £911,100 grant from the <a href="http://www.hlf.org.uk/" target="_blank">Heritage Lottery Fund</a> with the wider project worth in the region of £1.7million. Much of this represents match funding, and funding in kind, from the Festival’s partners and supporters. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.capabilitybrown.org/" target="_blank">website</a> has a wholæe host of information about events, projects etc., etc, and here too </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">you can sign up for the latest news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There are more than 250 sites associated with Brown across England, with a small handful in Wales. They range from small private gardens to larger country estates, and include 12 public parks, some schools and hotels. Many are managed by members of the <a href="http://www.hha.org.uk/" target="_blank">Historic Houses Association</a>, the <a href="http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/" target="_blank">National Trust,</a> and<a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/" target="_blank"> English Heritage</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">To find an example of Brown's visionary genius near you, check out this <a href="http://www.capabilitybrown.org/map" target="_blank">interactive map</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just to say I have decided to join the 21st century and now have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Toby-Musgrave/1009436382435041?skip_nax_wizard=true&ref_type=registration_form#" target="_blank">Facebook page.</a> Nothing up there just yet except a mugshot, but do drop by and 'Like' if you so feel inclined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />I can’t believe it’s over a year since the completion of the Swiss Garden restoration project. It was a mammoth 18 month task, hampered by bad weather and the odd technical hiccup, but we got there, and we proudly re-opened the garden to the public in July 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />During the £3.6m restoration, the garden’s delicate 13 listed buildings and structures – including 6 listed at Grade II* - underwent careful, specialist conservation. Traditional materials and techniques were used where possible. <br />Our two-storey centrepiece, the Swiss Cottage, was re-thatched using water reed from Norfolk, its finials re-gilded with 23 carat gold leaf and the missing or broken rustic decoration replaced. Conservationists were able to recreate the original decoration by cleverly slicing Monterey pine cones and hazel and willow twigs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Altogether, over 25,600 shrubs and 8,400 bulbs were planted in 53 beds by horticultural contractors. We laid 340 metres of path, using 300 tons of gravel and reinstated the lost Regency vistas to reveal the ‘stage set’ views of the buildings, bridges, urns, arches and other garden features as originally intended in the early 19th century by the garden’s creator, Lord Ongley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />We also added a striking sculpture trail through the woodland, created by chain-saw sculptor Patrick Brown and inspired by ideas suggested by children from seven local schools, based on the garden and its history. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><b>Swiss Garden Today</b><br />With the hectic initial restoration behind us, the focus for the garden team has now shifted to returning more of the plants which had been lost from the garden after years of neglect. Craftsman Gardener, Kevin Hilditch, local apprentices Luke Lademan and Aaron Saralli and a growing band of volunteers now maintain the Swiss Garden. </span></div>
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The stunning Grade II* listed Grotto & Fernery had 4,300 panes of glass replaced with hand-cut, handmade cyclinder glass during the restoration and its interior has now been replanted with plants. In the Pulhamite-lined tunnels installed by the Swiss Garden’s Victorian owner, a selection of ferns which can deal with the lack of light have been popped into the planting pockets and are already beginning to thrive. They include <i>Adiantum</i>, <i>Asplenium</i>, <i>Dryopteris</i>, <i>Polypodium</i> and <i>Polystichum</i> as base planting, with added interest in the form of different frond shapes - for instance ‘Hart’s Tongue’ ferns, the parsley-like <i>Athyrium felix-femina</i> 'Lady in lace’ and <i>Cyrtomium fortunei</i> with its sickle-shaped pinnae. Also included are some of the smaller varieties of hostas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The tunnels open into the Regency conservatory area – which is much lighter, brighter and warmer. Here we were able to add more colour and four large <i>Strelitzia reginae</i>, bought as mature plants and already flowering, act as a vibrant centrepiece. The strong architectural form of this plant contrasts beautifully with the more delicate fronds of the tree ferns and the addition of <i>Streptocarpus</i> and further light-tolerant ferns add more variety to the mix. <i>Wisteria sinensis</i>, which was previously trained along wires to arch across these beautifully glazed ‘arms’ of the Grotto & Fernery, have also been replaced.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Outside, the garden now boasts more ferns and ground cover plants in the steep banks leading down to the Grotto & Fernery. The ground-cover plants are helping us with the maintenance of this challenging area – it is dry, very steep and difficult to weed! A base planting of hardy staples such as <i>Geranium</i>, <i>Digitalis</i>, <i>Brunnera</i> and <i>Alchemilla</i> has been embellished with splashes of <i>Vinca</i>, <i>Viola odorata</i> and <i>Omphalodes cappadocia</i>. Bulbs also play an important part. We aimed for a fairly naturalistic planting style, with plenty of fern material to connect this area to the Grotto & Fernery while also providing a functional and dense ‘mulch’ of ground cover plants to assist with the retention of moisture and to curtail weed growth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Elsewhere in the garden, the Floral, Pond Cascade and Chapel Arches now host a selection of newly planted rambling rose and Clematis varieties, and future plans include the addition of a series of ‘intense horticultural moments’ into the garden’s main series of planted beds, to break up the shrub planting and offer further colour and vibrancy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />Restoration of the 9-acre Swiss Garden has transported it back to its Regency appearance, when its creator, Lord Robert Henley Ongley dropped his ‘alpine’ landscape, complete with tumbling water and grassy slopes into its unlikely, previously flat, Bedfordshire setting. With its buildings rescued from decay and its meandering paths, water features and vistas looking very much as they once did, the past year has seen us build on this structure by adding the finishing touches in the form of the plants which soften its lovely features and once again make it the magical place it once was. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> <br />‘Quaint’, ‘quirky’, ‘hidden gem’ and 'fairyland' - words and phrases that may seem a bit clichéd, but as the most complete surviving example of a Regency garden in Britain, we think Swiss Garden justifies them all! One thing is for certain - at the Swiss Garden, you will discover a little oasis of charm and tranquillity which, along with our three resident peacocks, makes for a memorable visit.</span></div>
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concept), the <i>chahar bagh</i> form of the Islamic garden, all those
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myself it is a fascinating story. Moreover many of the religio-garden forms
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As you likely know I teach a couple of online courses at My Garden School. One entitled <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/garden-history-course/" target="_blank">Garden History</a>, the other <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/heritage-or-heirloom-fruits-vegetables/" target="_blank">Heritage / Heirloom Fruits and Vegetables</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Now that its back to school time, there is 15% discount offer on these - and all courses run by My Garden School.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just click on <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/back-to-school-2015/?utm_campaign=back_to_school&utm_medium=banner&utm_source=tobymusgrave" target="_blank">this link</a> to take advantage - offer runs until end of October.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just a quick heads-up of a forthcoming Conference held by the Centre for West Midlands History Landscape and Green Spaces and entitled ‘Garden History in the West Midlands’.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Conference runs over Saturday 29 March, is being held at the University of Birmingham. The aim, to explore the garden history of the West Midlands.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">More information and booking details can be found <a href="http://shop.bham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=30&catid=58&prodid=809" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just to follow up on my last post concerning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker" target="_blank">Sir Joseph Hooker</a> and the fact Kew has made his correspondence available <a href="http://www.kew.org/collections/hooker/" target="_blank">online</a>, there are also some excellent movie clips about this remarkable man available online also.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Made by <a href="http://www.jupeproductions.com/" target="_blank">Jupe Productions</a> and <a href="http://www.jupeproductions.com/about_peter.html" target="_blank">Peter Donaldson</a> there are eight great short films to watch:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">1 <a href="http://vimeo.com/83906514" target="_blank">Why Joseph Hooker Went to the Himalayas</a></span></span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-3088417127695414142014-02-07T13:59:00.001+01:002014-02-07T13:59:06.045+01:00The Joseph Hooker Correspondence Project<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Another great result from <a href="http://www.kew.org/" target="_blank">Royal Botanic Garden, Kew</a> where a team have been digitising and now make available online the <a href="http://www.kew.org/collections/hooker/" target="_blank">Correspondence of Sir Joseph Hooker</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker" target="_blank">Hooker</a> was true Victorian polymath who succeeded his father as the second Director of Kew, who was Charles Darwin's confidant, and who also plant hunted in Sikkim (and elsewhere).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This truly is a magnificent resource for garden and plant historians and botanists alike so do take a look at the <a href="http://www.kew.org/collections/hooker/" target="_blank">website</a> as it also has a whole lot more about the man and his work than just his letters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is even an article I wrote for <i>Kew Magazine</i> describing an expedition I made </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">a few years back to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">north Sikkim to follow in Hooker's footsteps - a truly wonderful trip. Scroll to the bottom of the <a href="http://www.kew.org/collections/hooker/india/index.htm" target="_blank">page</a> and there you can also download the article and read it at your leisure. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hooker had it on the nail when, in a letter to his father, he described the valley sides ablaze with <i>Rhododendron</i> flowers thus: 'The Mt sides here actually bloom white, scarlet, purple, pink, yellow no language can exaggerate their beauty.'</span></span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-5728862771896733062014-02-06T15:11:00.002+01:002014-02-06T15:11:44.972+01:00Le Nôtre Exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hurry Up! Last year us garden historians celebrated the 400th anniversary of André Le Nôtre's birth. But the celebrations are going on and there is still time to catch an excellent exhibition <a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news-/events/exhibitions/andre-le-notre-in-perspectives" target="_blank">'</a><span class="title"><a href="http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news-/events/exhibitions/andre-le-notre-in-perspectives" target="_blank">Le Nôtre in Perspectives' </a>on display at Versailles until 23 February next year.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All I can suggest is that you use this as the best excuse to visit Versailles and Paris this winter, and for a brief preview check out <a href="http://lenotre.chateauversailles.fr/exposition_en.html" target="_blank">this interactive brief</a></span></span>.</div>
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<span class="title"></span>Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-19174652471756680842013-11-26T12:05:00.003+01:002013-11-26T12:07:26.671+01:00The best gardening short courses for 2014<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Many thanks to Ed Cumming (<a href="https://twitter.com/edcumming" target="_blank">@edcumming</a>) writing in the The Telegraph Gardening (<a href="https://twitter.com/TeleGardening" target="_blank">@telegardening</a>) for selecting my online garden history course as one of his <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10464621/The-best-gardening-short-courses-for-2014.html" target="_blank">best gardening short courses for 2014</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The month-long course is hosted by <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/" target="_blank">My Garden School</a> and begins on December 07. Take a look <b><a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/garden-history-course/" target="_blank">here</a></b> for more details and a taster of the class. </span></span><br />
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-35417019667532799062013-11-26T12:00:00.001+01:002013-11-26T12:00:27.779+01:00Review of my Online Garden History Course<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I am sure you all are aware I teach a month-long <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/course/garden-history-course/" target="_blank">online garden history</a> course hosted by <a href="http://www.my-garden-school.com/" target="_blank">My Garden School</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A previous student, Anastasia Abboud, very kindly and unsolicited has posted this review of the course and her experiences on her great blog, <a href="http://anastasiasgarden.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/an-online-gardening-class.html" target="_blank">Our Ever-Changing Landscape</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks Anastasia!</span></span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-38194299177250275342013-11-25T12:05:00.001+01:002013-11-25T12:05:55.371+01:00The Body & Philosophy in the Garden<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to philosopher Damon Young (second from right) for writing up a report of The Body in the Garden Festival and posting on his blog, <a href="http://damon-young.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/the-body-in-garden-adelaide.html" target="_blank">Darkly Wise, Rudely Great</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Damon is also the author of a splendid tome entitled <i>Philosophy in the Garden</i> - currently available <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/damon-young/philosophy-in-the-garden-9780522857139.aspx" target="_blank">here</a> and to be published in the UK early in 2014.</span></span></div>
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Toby Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539642324404936596noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285968246045086541.post-13879698889174278102013-11-11T09:13:00.003+01:002013-11-19T10:54:08.348+01:00Radio Interview<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Just back from a great trip to Australia where I contributed to <a href="http://www.thebodyinthegarden.com.au/" target="_blank">The Body in the Garden</a> - the inaugural garden and crime writers conference.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And where I was also interviewed by Margaret Throsby (<a href="https://twitter.com/margaretthrosby?refsrc=email" target="_blank">@margaretthrosby</a>)</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">on her <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2013/11/04/3882299.htm" target="_blank">Midday programme</a> on ABC Classic FM. If you would like to hear our conversation its available <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/player_launch.pl?s=classic/classic&d=classic/program/midday/audio&r=miv-2013-11-04.ram&w=miv-2013-11-04.asx&t=Midday%20-%202013%2011%2004&p=1" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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