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Isleworth wheelbarrows

by Val Bott on 05/11/2020 · 0 Comments

This story has grown out of another historian’s research, and confirms my view that sharing discoveries really matters because it enables others to build upon them and reveal more. Working under the wing of the London Parks & Gardens Trust, Susan Darling  wrote a short and intriguing piece about Mrs Wood the Isleworth wheeler or […]

The Willow Business

by Val Bott on 20/06/2019 · 0 Comments

Baskets and willow hurdles for sheltering plants from wind and frost were an essential part of the gardener’s equipment. Willow basketwork came in many shapes and sizes: river fish traps, garden seats and arbours, bird cages, containers for for various fruits to protect them in transit, fine baskets for shopping and needlework. Willow growing and […]

Flower pots and forcing jars

by Val Bott on 14/03/2011 · 0 Comments

Local brickearth and clay supported the manufacture of bricks, tiles and garden pottery in Brentford from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The Bull Lane Pottery is recorded in a naive painting of the 1840s, which shows its garden products.

The Masters family

by Val Bott on 13/08/2010 · 0 Comments

Several generations of the Masters family, including women gardeners, cultivated garden grounds in Strand on the Green and London Stile in Chiswick and Acton parishes in the 17th and 18th centuries.