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Audley End House is a Jacobean mansion housing a large and diverse collection of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, natural history specimens and more. This collection gives us a glimpse into discoveries, changing fashions and developments over 400 years. Use these objects at home or in the classroom to inspire cross-curricular learning and further your research.
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Five grand garden parties from history
With the help of Landscape Advisor Emily Parker and Properties Historian Andrew Hann, we’re taking a look at five historic frolics and garden parties that took place at the gardens in our care.
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Avis Crocombe was the cook at Audley End in the 1880s and we are fortunate to have her original notebook of recipes. We have recreated them with modern ingredients for you to use today.
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Eleanor Coade was a highly successful Georgian craftswoman and businesswoman. At a time when industry was totally dominated by men, she ran her own business making beautiful architectural and garden ornaments from her own brand of artificial stone.
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Spring is in full swing, and history's never looked so good. With lush lawns, bright green woodlands and beautiful blooming gardens, now's the perfect time to plan your next spectacular springtime adventure.
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Enjoy sights, sounds and sensations from England’s past at our sites across the country this summer.
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Looking back into the past reveals shared challenges we associate with gardening sustainably today, such as growing and storing produce throughout the year, protecting from the weather and using water effectively. We explore how these challenges were managed in the past and how they resonate with garden sustainability today.
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An extraordinary number of innovations in the study, cultivation and display of plants were made during the Victorian period. At the same time there was an explosion of interest in gardening, which became a national obsession.