The Garden History Podcast

Plant introductions from the New World

A flurry of military inspired symbolism both in architecture and garden design.

Mrs Eleanor Coade, Artist and Industrialist

Derby Arboretum, a pioneering public park.

Elvaston Garden,the pursuit of Love.

An early Nurseryman noted for the first deliberate hybridisation and the promotion of exotic imported plants.

Claude Monet's garden at Giverny was created as a work of art in itself and became the subject of many others

In the 18th century, any landscape of note was not complete without a collection of garden buildings and other eclectic features

In the days before refrigeration, icehouses were designed to store ice in bulk for summertime use.

The Empress Josephine has often been portrayed as a needy socialite so it may come as a surprise to many that Josephine was a very accomplished plantswoman, gardener and keen botanist