Comments on: A History Of Gardening In The East End

By: Ray Fox

Ray Fox — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:28:07 +0000

I have relatives at Meath Park and I visited there winter 2022. It’s very sad that we can’t know just where they are buried, or look after the cemeteries…I guess we really don’t respect where we all come from that much. I walked the streets of Bethnal Green and Whitechapel and I’m sure I walked the same streets as they did so long ago when times were tougher than we will ever know. Type street, Park Street, Green Street, Thorols square, Mapes Street. I’m sure I have relatives still living in London, what a treat it would be to meet them one day. It’s an absolute miracle that some of us were lucky enough to survive.

By: Jonathan van Halbert

Jonathan van Halbert — Sun, 24 May 2020 23:39:04 +0000

The Huguenots Were Silver Smiths and Herbalists they arrived in Scotland in 1697.

Fleeing Religious Persescution.. They were my ancestors..

By: Saba

Saba — Sun, 24 May 2020 21:46:22 +0000

I am interested in any connections between the gardeners above and the commercial florists that cultivated samples of new plants coming from the colonies. The wealthy collected new plants for their greenhouses and conservatories.

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Sun, 24 May 2020 17:49:14 +0000

Loved the Vintage Paintings!! Thank You!!! ???????

By: Coralie Mattys

Coralie Mattys — Sun, 24 May 2020 10:29:48 +0000

A lovely article – and this particularly brought a smile – “crimson pedants”. Now for sure, a pedant well may turn crimson were she to point out an error erroneously – but I think in this case you meant “crimson pendants”?

Thank you and goodnight

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Sun, 24 May 2020 10:19:01 +0000

Cue the music lead-in here: “No-body does is bet-ter.” You Brits, and your plantings!? It seems to come naturally, as if you are all born with green thumbs. Why, ‘course!
I’ve been bending, kneeling, lugging, and tugging for days, getting my deck ready for the summer.
Yes, we are SO late in the growing season here in the Hudson Valley — up until a week ago, it was entirely possible to have a hard frost overnight. But now all these new burgeoning plants look
so perky and optimistic. And putting my hands into the soil felt so good.
May I say that the image above, “The Chickweed Seller” is one of my favorite images, ever.
Give him a second look today, folks.
Thank you GA for always shining a light. Stay safe, all.

By: Di Corry

Di Corry — Sun, 24 May 2020 08:36:52 +0000

A wonderful Sunday morning treat, thank you for this post.
I was so fortunate to have lived opposite Victoria Park in the 1950/60’s , I used to love walking through the rose garden there and also seeing the amazing bedding plant displays around the park at that time. This and Sunday morning trips to Columbia Road with my dad instilled a love of gardens and flowers that has never left me.

By: Julia Harrison

Julia Harrison — Sun, 24 May 2020 08:00:39 +0000

Thank you for this fascinating and uplifting post: so many of your pieces are testament to the power of plants and gardens to soothe and sustain us.

By: Jill Wilson

Jill Wilson — Sun, 24 May 2020 06:49:24 +0000

Interesting article, and it is good to think that the traditional love of flowers and gardening is continuing to thrive in the East End.

And also that it has been such a sustaining comfort to those suffering in the present crisis, not least the GA himself and Arful Nessa.

By: Zephirine

Zephirine — Sun, 24 May 2020 01:31:20 +0000

Fascinating insights from Margaret, especially the Saunderson’s gardens which seem to have been early allotments.
Perhaps catering to a wealthier clientele, the Loddiges family’s nursery garden in Hackney was very famous in the early 19th century. They had huge hothouses and with connections all over the world they introduced many exotic plants to Britain.
https://guildhalllibrarynewsletter.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/the-wonders-of-george-loddiges-botanical-cabinet/