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This lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters. -
'The Holly Tree' is a beautiful illustration by Elizabeth Blackwell, taken from A Curious Herbal, one of our treasures here at Chawton House. A5 Christmas card and white envelope. -
A beautifully hand crafted brooch inspired by Elizabeth Blackwell's A Curious Herbal - one of the treasures here at Chawton House. Tatty Devine x Chawton House collection. Inspired by our library and unique 'Early Women Writers' collection here at Chawton House. -
Drawings taken from the influential and beautifully illustrated ‘A Curious Herbal’, held in the Chawton House library collection.
