GARDENS in time
Victorians loved plants, loved travel and loved innovation. These three enthusiasms combined to transform gardens in this period into spaces that celebrated plants from all over the world – in technicolour. Indoor areas were transformed too, as growing in one’s own home and under glass became both fashionable and more possible, thanks to the availability of cheaper glass.
Hallmarks of the Victorian garden
• Plants gathered by collectors from all over the world and brought into the domestic garden.
• Beds and borders full of flower colour, becoming brighter and brighter – any unusual colours of flower or foliage were popular.
• ‘Exotic’ plants featuring in ever-changing planting displays.
• Expanding walled kitchen gardens and the
