TRENDS through time
Jul 11, 2019
3 minutes
WORDS: RICHARD WILFORD.
The rigid, formal layouts of early Victorian parterres and carpet bedding schemes slowly gave way to a more relaxed style as the influence of gardeners like William Robinson and Gertrude Jekyll came into play from the 1870s onwards. Robinson advocated wild gardens and popularised the mixed herbaceous border. In the same period, Jekyll designed gardens using hardy plants in colourful borders. Both shunned the use of tender plants that had to be
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