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Message: Emoticon Listing HTML Help	[quote]some information about Shipley gardens R/H 24th Mar 1995 Some of the most talented gardeners in the country tended Shipley Hall. William Barron, designer of Elvaston Castle grounds, was responsible for some of the landscaping work. Many of the men had worked at Chatsworth and the shrubs attracted visitors from Kew. Produce, including orchids, figs, grapes and mushroom, was sold at London hotels. Beech and chestnut trees can still be seen but nothing remains of the formal gardens. Bamboos, palm, climbing roses and clematis, flowers and shrubs all grew in abundance. Jenny[/quote]
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Shipley History
replied on: 11/13/2005 3:33:40 PM

some information about Shipley gardens

R/H 24th Mar 1995
Some of the most talented gardeners in the country tended Shipley Hall.
William Barron, designer of Elvaston Castle grounds, was responsible for some of the landscaping work.
Many of the men had worked at Chatsworth and the shrubs attracted visitors from Kew.
Produce, including orchids, figs, grapes and mushroom, was sold at London hotels.
Beech and chestnut trees can still be seen but nothing remains of the formal gardens.
Bamboos, palm, climbing roses and clematis, flowers and shrubs all grew in abundance.
Jenny

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