Posts Tagged ‘English estates’
Wheelbarrows and Woe: The Day Peter the Great Trampled John Evelyn’s Dreams
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 8, 1698 On this day, our esteemed gardener and diarist, John Evelyn, ventured to Deptford to witness the lamentable state in which the Czar had left his beloved estate after a three-month…
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