.But I was still surprised to hear about pteridomania, a fern collecting craze in Victorian England. People got crazy collecting different ferns to that extent that some of the ferns got almost extinct!
Archive for January, 2020
Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’ is one of those great all-round garden plants. It was named and first described by the Paris based, French botanist Élie-Abel Carrière (1818 – 1896). It is a popular garden plants with will provide a gorgeous backdrop of evergreen foliage along with long lasting ornamental buds and blooms. Skimmia japonica…
This post, one of two about Houghton Hall in Norfolk wasn’t published at the time so here it is now, found again and ready to be sent out albeit rather late! Richard Long is one of our favourite land artists and until this year we had only seen a few isolated examples of his work. […]
via Houghton Hall Part 1 – Richard Long at Houghton — greenbenchramblings
Victoria Franklin – Conservation Trainee At the end of October last year it was the turn of this National Park Authority to host the National Park Authorities’ Farm Liaison Officers (FLO) Group Meeting. It was the thirtieth such meeting and we welcomed 23 farm officers from 11 National Parks with attendees from the Brecon Beacons, […]
via Going with the FLO — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
While in Phoenix we got to see Taliesin West, which was Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home – as well as his architecture school and laboratory. Its 600 acres are located on the outskirts of Scottsdale, a Phoenix suburb. It’s open to the public, but you have to buy tickets in advance and go on a […]
Reporting on children and play is becoming more of a thing. First and foremost, this is wonderful for kids. It means greater public prominence given to play related issues and successes. News publications, broadcasters and online media sources are reporting on the needs, trends, shortfalls and benefits of play. Here’s a dozen stories from the […]
via 2019 Media Perspectives on Play – An Even Dozen — PlayGroundology
MEET Jimmy ‘Tich’ McCann (pictured). Jimmy was a well-known newspaper seller and ‘bootblack’ on the streets of Perth, Western Australia, during the 1930s. The ‘old fella’ loved his beer – especially upside down. You see, Jimmy claimed he could make… Read More › The post Perth newspaper vendor, Jimmy could make beer run up hill…
via Perth newspaper vendor, Jimmy could make beer run up hill — TIME GENTS
In last week’s post, we saw how Shrewsbury Borough Council had built homes even before 1914 and had built on a large scale after 1918. A second world war created new needs and ambitions in its aftermath. In fact, the Borough emerged from war largely unscathed – just two bombs fell on the town – […]
via Council Housing in Shrewsbury, Part II: the Post-War Housing Drive — Municipal Dreams
My final offering in this series of pictures from our trip to New Zealand in February2019. I hope you’ve enjoyed them…so many more I could have shared!
Tourists might know Shrewsbury as a town with over 660 listed buildings, ‘full of higgledy-piggledy streets with names you want to say out loud’. (1) As a working town and somewhere to live, council housing has been equally important to its past and present and the council took an early, innovative role after some initial […]
via Council Housing in Shrewsbury, Part I: ‘Shrewsbury’s first garden suburb’ — Municipal Dreams
Old School Garden 