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History's 'Celebrity' Gardeners
Long before Alan Titchmarsh or Monty Don were on the scene, England's finest garden and landscape designers were in high demand. From the rolling parklands of Audley End House in Essex to the Arts and Crafts details at Mount Grace Priory in Yorkshire, the legacy of history's most renowned growers and landscapers can still be seen by visitors today. Here's our who's-who of English history's most illustrious gardeners, horticulturalists and designers.
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As winter comes to a close and we welcome in the spring, many of our sites across England are opening up for the 2018 season. March is a great time to explore our beautiful historic gardens.
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Conscientious Objectors: How the Richmond 16 pioneered our right to choose
Kevin Booth, explores how the actions of conscientious objectors during the First World War shaped our right to choice and conscience.
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Past Lives: Eleanor of Aquitaine at Old Sarum
How this formidable French princess and former queen of England came to be imprisoned in the windswept castle of Old Sarum in Wiltshire.
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Meet The Man Who Saved Kenilworth Castle
Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire is known for its links to Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Dudley, but less is known about the man responsible for keeping Kenilworth open to the public.
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Could You Make It As A Georgian Gardener
It's 1793 and you've been asked by the 2nd Earl of Mansfield to design a new landscape for his home at Kenwood. Take our quiz to see if you're up to the task.
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SUTHERLAND, Graham (1903–1980)
Artist Graham Sutherland is commemorated with a blue plaque at his childhood home, 8 Dorset Road, where he first developed a fascination with landscape.
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A Soldier’s Letters: Pendennis to the Western Front
How John Glasson Thomas's letters to Gertie Brooks offer a very special record of one man's Great War.
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Blue Plaque commemorating Socialist campaigner Eleanor Marx at 7 Jews Walk, Sydenham, London SE26 6PJ, London Borough of Lewisham.
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Blue Plaque commemorating author A. A. Milne at 13 Mallord Street, Chelsea, London SW3 6DT, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.