Houndstooth and borage, Wild Flowers of the British Isles, H Isabel Adams, 1907.

Arranging Flowers - William Henry Margetson

'Penge' by Paul Bartlett
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In the Front Garden by Stephen Darbishire

The Horse Chestnut Tribe, illustration from Elizabeth Twining's 1849 'The Natural Order of Plants'. Elizabeth (1805- 1889) was born into the wealthy tea trading family, and was a renowned philanthropist who founded Bedford College for Women.

Edwardian gardener potting dahlias on.

Found on Pinterest, photographer unknown.

Until his death in 1616, #Shakespeare lived at New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon. A black mulberry tree grew in the garden there, but in 1756, in an act of “gothic barbarity”, Rev. Francis Gastrell felled it, having tired of the stream of tourists asking to see it! #FolkloreSunday

House & Garden: Vita Sackville-West on her garden at Sissinghurst (1950). The thing to remember about this #garden is that twenty years ago, in 1930, there was no garden. The place had been in the market for three years since the death of the last farmer-owner. #garden ing

Plate from British Wild Flowers, William Smith, London, 1846. Bilberry, cranberry, round-headed rampion, spreading bellflower, common sheepsbit, sheep's scabious, lobelia, fuller's teasel, devil's bit scabious.

Plate from British Wild Flowers, William Smith, London, 1846. Bilberry, cranberry, round-headed rampion, spreading bellflower, common sheepsbit, sheep's scabious, lobelia, fuller's teasel, devil's bit scabious.

Blue plaque at 3 Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London. John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843) was one of the most influential late Georgian forces in British horticulture. Read more about him english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-pla….

Colour Soaked #VickyOldfield

The Garden Gate 1952 #EvelynDunbar

The Herbaceous Border, 1951, by Frances Perry (1907-1993), one of the foremost garden writers of the 20th century. She grew up in Enfield next door to E A Bowles, who introduced her to her future husband Gerald Perry, a nurseryman specialising in ferns and water plants.

In 1594 caterpillars, potentially able to destroy a whole fruit harvest for a year, were not appreciated for their beauty or part of nature’s diversity. Different attitude when your vital food supply is at stake. #TudorGardenInYourBackyard

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘Roof garden’ (1952)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

After 14 long years, the White Witch's grasp is finally coming to an end!

Morning..
#PhyllisDodd

'Field maple is traditionally used in the manufacture of harps🎼'. What a lovely fact.

'A Cornish Cottage Garden', 1906, Edwin Harris (1855-1906). Born in Ladywood, Birmingham, Harris lived in Newlyn for twelve years and was recognised as one of the pioneers of the Newlyn School.