The Victorian era was famed for its gardens, and tree stump gardens were a feature of them. These gorgeous landscapes use a creative mix of stumps and rocks to create unusual garden structures. Like ...
As a longtime popular social event, Victorian garden parties were all the rage in England during the mid- to late 1800s and lasted well into the early 1900s in the United States. What began as a ...
When William acquired the property in 1884, it was just the beginning of his 50 years of garden experimentation. As the only garden he ever built, this is where he laid down principles of wild ...
Victorian gardens reached their glory when a worldwide gardening frenzy erupted with the introduction of new and exotic plant varieties being discovered around the globe. It was a time when those ...
Horticulture lecturer Peter Thoday and Harry Dodson present this series demonstrating how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated in the Victorian era. Re-enactments are used to explain how the head ...
Nancy Wernersbach’s art career began at an early age, thanks to her parents’ gift of the big box of 128 Crayola crayons. Her love for painting and desire to capture the beauty of the natural world in ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. View of the Victorian Garden in the ...
At first glance, the Victorian terrace in Herne Hill looks like so many others on its South London street: stock brick, narrow footprint, and the familiar rhythm of windows and doors. Inside, however, ...
From the looks of the massive photoset that local blogger Flatbush Gardener uploaded to Flickr last night, this year’s house tour of Victorian Flatbush was a winner, a sentiment echoed in his blog ...
As a longtime popular social event, Victorian garden parties were all the rage in England during the mid- to late 1800s and lasted well into the early 1900s in the United States. What began as a ...