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- From: KTCopsey@aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:20:08 EST
Anna
Assuming you would like some history to the gardens, here are some that I
use in my English gardens from an historical point of view. Most of them
are on the web somewhere by plugging the property name into google: From the
north:
Hardwick New Castle (late 16thC) next to the old castle (medieval).
Bess of Hardwick was the gardener and when Capability Brown phase arrived, she
apparently told him to leave the walls. Features wonderful walls and
gardens.
Chatsworth - the famous gardens of the midlands.
Ashby de la Zouch - not far from Chatsworth and my school town - not bad as
a town goes, but the castle grounds maybe show remnant ponds from Lord
Hastings days (early 15thC?). The grounds are due for formal investigation
in 2006.
Stratford on Avon has lots of places and oldy worldy buildings and old
manor houses etc. many with gardens. Anne Hathaway's garden and the New
House garden are just two.
Next to Stratford is Warwick: the castle has some gardens (I think) but the
Lord Leicester Hospital is rather unique and has some interesting garden
features (a nileometer - one of two that were brought from ancient (?) Egypt
were they measured the level of the Nile floods and thus taxes could be
assessed.).
London - lots of places, but the Chelsea physic garden and Kew.
Hamptom Court is just a quick train trip south.
Mainland Europe I do not know as well, so I will let someone else take that
side of the trip.
Hope this helps,
Kate
Copsey
Freelance Garden Writer Herbs, Historic Gardens Pittsburgh, PA |
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[gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
Anna Ingre, 11/08/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
Carol Matthews, 11/08/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe, Catriona Tudor Erler, 11/08/2005
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- Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe, KTCopsey, 11/08/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
KTCopsey, 11/08/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, 11/08/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe, Jeff Lowenfels, 11/08/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, 11/08/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Gardens in Europe, James Allison, 11/09/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
Anna Ingre, 11/10/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe, Carol Matthews, 11/10/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] gardens in Europe,
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