Let us away from Chelsea, that foul and feckless temple to Mammon, away from esurient financiers and hoggish merchants, away from all corporate Champagne and amalgamated sponsorship. This week join me in simpler times; come and meet the next great gardener of history - founder of the first botanical garden, creator of the herbaria and the [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Great Gardeners of History/Chelsea #4
Posted in Garden History, Great Gardeners of History, Space gardens on May 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Taking back the Suburbs
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
In an entertaining piece of midweek filler the Evening Standard’s ‘Voice of Youth’, Rosamund Urwin, recently outed certain of her friends as having matured faster than others. Apparently over recent dinners Rosamund and her young, sparkly, drunken girls of summer have stared in bewilderment at their dour, prematurely middle-aged acquaintances and wondered ‘how these fun [...]
