Philip Voice from Landscape Juice recently requested some info from other garden bloggers so I thought I might post it here and see what comes of it.
Here’s his query;
I am looking for some evidence on garden changes/history in peoples gardens and was wondering if you have covered the topic at all or have access to any photos on garden history?
The kind of things I am looking for is old walls with a bricked up door – where did the door lead to and what was behind.
Paving that suddenly stops with perhaps a depression in the grass where it continued – where did the path lead and why was it taken up?
Perhaps an avenue of trees that looks like they were part of an old drive or track – what was their purpose?
Changes in wall brickwork (i.e. the bond might have been changed from rattrap to flemish for example) – why and what was the addition for.
A mark left on the side of the potting shed wall in the way of an old roof line – what was the addition and why was it removed?
Maybe you readers will have some info also.
If you have any questions it’s probably best to direct them towards Philip than myself.
I have no posts or history, but have many such “mysteries” around here. Last year I dug up a smooth slab of marble with jagged edges. It was about the size of a salad plate with two straight grooves cut into it. What did it come from? What happened to the rest of it, and how did it end up in my garden?
I also found, while digging the driveway bed, a straight line of pavers hidden under an inch of dirt and grass. It rested perpendicular to my driveway, in the 3 feet that led to the neighbor’s yard. Whatever could that be used for? Too bad I couldn’t go dig around in the neighbor’s yard, on the other side of the fence, to figure out how far it went.