Michael Brown - MA Garden History
Historical Gardener - Making Garden History Fun!
Periods covered: Saxon/Norman, and covering all of the time periods, through to The second world war.
Tel. 07500 464 149
What did the Romans do for us? They introduced us to gardening for pleasure!
Many ideas that we still use in our own gardens were brought to us by the Romans, including: Topiary, grape vines, Mediterranean herbs, tools and gardening books. My display includes tools, plants and examples of the uses of plants. I will explain how the Romans gardened based on their own gardening authors.
Why do you plant according to the phases of the moon?
How do you repel thunder storms?
Who was the topiarus?
