Collection - Garden Museum

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See a glimpse of the Garden Museum collection. The objects tell the story of British gardens from the 16th century – when Tradescant the elder was born – until today.

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‘Oak on the Tower’ by Charlotte Verity

Woodcut: Thumb Watering Pot

Woodcut: 16th Century Gardener from Lonicer’s Herbal

Postcard: Group of Nursery or Market Garden Employees

Postcard: Gardeners with Employer

Postcard: Group at a Horticultural Show with Vegetables

Postcard: Woman & Man in a Greenhouse

Postcard: Gardeners posing with Lawnmowers

Postcard: Gardeners with large Chrysanthemums

Postcard: Gardeners in a Large Conservatory

Postcard: The Walks at The Pleasaunce, Overstrand, Norfolk

Postcard: Summer Parterres at Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire

Postcard: Terraced House with Window Boxes

Postcard: Women at Work in a Garden

Postcard: “Mum’s” the word for Amateur Gardeners

Postcard: Sub-Tropical Gardens, Battersea Park, London

Photograph: World War I British Detainees Garden, Rhuleben Camp, Germany

Stereocard: Thatching a Summerhouse

Card: Garden Dug-Out Air Raid Shelter, World War II

Postcard: Man in Urban Back Garden

Postcard: Man & Child in Front Garden

Photograph: Gardeners in Bowler Hats with Watering Cans & Sprayers

Photograph: Vicar of St Barnabas, Epsom at Village Fete

Comic postcard: Gardener Combing Hair with Rake

Photograph: ‘The Braganzas at Home’ – Dance Troupe in Garden

Photograph: Donkey Rides at a Garden Fête

Postcard: Xmas Greetings from Willie, 1922

Postcard: Painthorpe House Garden, West Yorkshire

Postcard: Flowers of France, World War I

Photograph: Team of Nursery Workers