The Victorian Gardener

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The lawns needed to be green and well-maintained because that’s where one would throw parties, play lawn games, and serve tea to their guests. But it also would be the base for all the trees, shrubs, flowers, and ornamentation that are the staple of any classic Victorian garden. Flowers One of the most breathtaking and ornate gardens in the UK, Biddulph Grange Gardenwas created by James Bateman for his expansive collection of plants from around the world. It takes visitors through a series of globally influenced and connected “rooms”, from a Victorian vision of China with its bright red pavilion to the pyramids of Egypt and a Himalayan glen. 6. ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, KEW Writing for The Guardian in 2009 during a repeat of the series, Lucy Mangan found that it was the "details that make the programme sing" and concluded by saying: "May it flourish somewhere in the schedules for ever." [5] Although early conservatories existed already in the 16th century it was not until the Victorian era until they realised that not only heat but light was needed for plants to overwinter and to grow. Glasshouses were rare because glass was expensive as well as heating them. Sheet and plate glass was produced first around the middle of the 19th century when glasshouses became more affordable. Knightshayes in Devon is a classic Victorian mansion. You can see the glasshouse at the left end of the building. English gardens are beautiful and every era has its own garden style, so there are medieval, Tudor, Georgian, Victorian, Arts and Crafts gardens as well as gardens between the two World Wars and Post-War gardens.

By 1850, the camellia was a much-prized ornamental shrub. The formality of the blooms and the elegant evergreen foliage made it particularly popular. Wild gardens as a contrast to the increasingly industrialised world, with bluebell and snowdrop patches and wild flowers Many ordinary people lived an impoverished lifestyle and it wasn’t until the Victorian era that the middle classes in suburban areas began to take an interest in gardening. The British public became fascinated with the new plants that were being shipped in from all over the world.Today people want to create famous Victorian era gardens in their house. The designs belong to that age but they have a look of the new generation. One of the most famous gardens in the Victorian England is Kew.

To make your garden look like it’s truly Victorian, you’d want to feature these typical elements of Victorian gardens: Greenhouses and exotic plants: Collecting plants imported from around the world became a popular hobby for Victorian-era gardeners. Wealthier gardeners overwintered tender plants in greenhouses. Fruit trees – including apple, pear, cherry and plum – were popularised by the Victorians, but fig trees were the very height of fashion. 4. The more variety, the better It is a splendid garden located above the river Conwy with panoramic views across to Snowdonia. Upper level has large Italianate terraces and formal lawns. Below you have a wooded valley, stream and wild garden. From May to June it also has a 55 metre laburnum tunnel of golden blooms. Cragside, Northumberland With the importation of more exotic plants and an increasingly ostentatious approach, gardening was all about the show not harmonisingwith nature. It wasn't until the late 19th century that more naturalistic planting once again became fashionable. Plants And PlantingIn addition, the development of sheet glass in 1847 meant larger greenhouses could be built more cheaply, while the invention of asphalt in the 1860s led to the introduction of more garden paths. In late Victorian gardens rustic and romantic elements like thatched alcoves, pine-pole summer houses or pavilions, bee hives and ponds became fashionable. Bodnant Garden with pond and garden pavilion. Credit: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net).

Matthew Balls was born on 23 March 1817 at Gaynes Hall, West Perry, Cambridgeshire, to Henry and Ann Balls, who were both servants. Henry was a gardener, as was Matthew’s grandfather. Matthew married Elizabeth Flint on 30 July 1842 in Godmanchester. They subsequently moved to Hertfordshire, where he was appointed Head Gardener at Stagenhoe Park by the time he was 30, but what happened in between? How did he rise to such an illustrious post, leading a team of up to 20 gardeners? Rising Through the Ranks

Dig holes at least three foot deep for the stumps, placing them so that the roots face upwards. You can link them together or keep them separate. Step three: Plant