Historic period?
I am redesigning a walled veg garden built around 1740. Although I dont want to recreate a garden of that period I would like to be able to refer to and include aspects relevant to its history.
Can anyone tell me the name of this period of history (1730-50) and if possible suggest any relevant reading or examples of such a garden
Thanks
LisaT
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Hello Lisa
The period is Georgian and in garden terms was the beginnings of the English Landscape movement. Susan Campbell has written a comprehensive study in ‘A History of kitchen Gardening’ and also ‘Walled Kitchen Gardens’, a short book for Shires publishing. ‘The Kitchen Garden’ by David C. Stuart is good especially on plants.
These books may also have useful bibliographies, including contemporary sources.
There is a kitchen garden website: http://www.walledgardens.net which may be useful. There are several restored 19th century kitchen gardens, but not so many earlier ones.
Some Working Walled Kitchen Gardens at National Trust Properties include:
Arlington Court, Devon
Barrington Court, Somerset
Beningbrough Hall, Yorkshire
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
Coleshill, Wiltshire
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
Ham House, London
Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire
Knightshayes Court, Devon
Llanerchaeron, Ceredigion
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
Snowshill Manor, Gloucestershire
Tatton Park, Cheshire
Tintinhull, Somerset
Trengwainton, Cornwall
Upton House, Warwickshire
Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire
There are several private ones too that may be featured on the walled gardens website.
Hope this is of some help
Helene Gammack
Thanks for the help. You have given me a lot of starting points