Friday 19 June 2015

Gardening past and present


What sort of gardener are you? Is your garden a sanctuary full of flowers and stylist furniture to relax in or do you spent hours trying to nurture the perfect fruit and vegetable? Over the years the way we use our gardens has changed.

An infographic brought to you by www.spaldingbulb.co.uk

In the days of rationing any available space was given over in order to help the war effort and produce vital food supplies. Once fruit and vegetables started to be imported again gardens started to serve another purpose. Home owners had the chance to start designing their own gardens and were able to put in features such as patios and crazy paving.

With inspiration from television programmes gardens started to become somewhere to socialise. Despite the unpredictable British weather barbecues have become a common feature and to combat the chilly evenings chimineas, gas heaters and fire pits have helped to keep the party going into the night.

Do have a large garden or a small, modern space? Are you one for the perfect lawn or do you prefer decking with a selection of container plants? Did you get inspired to go self-sufficient in the 1970s, get organic with Geoff Hamilton in the 80s or give your garden a Ground Force style makeover in the 1990s?

This is a collaborative post.

14 comments:

  1. I'm afraid I'm a terrible gardener, but my grandmother was secretary of the National Gardens Guild and was responsible for many brilliant things to do with gardening including encouraging prisoners to garden by sending them bulbs!

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  2. We have a veg patch and used to have an allotment, but I am glad that we don't have to rely on it for as much of our food as during the war.

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  3. We don't have much here a lawn and a gravelled place, but its a garden and mine :) x

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  4. I love that infographic! I had no idea about gardening "progress"! We are lucky to have enough space to try many things here, we currently have a few fruit trees and raspberries we are nurturing

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  5. Ooh, I want a 50s/60s garden! Crazy paving and colourful borders! My garden is small and modern, but I'm especially proud of my bonkers garden shed!

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  6. I would love a vegetable patch in my garden but I have no gardening knowhow.

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  7. I am a terrible gardener much to my parents disappointment

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  8. I've never been much of a gardener but I'm determined to get on top of it this year x

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  9. I've never actually had a garden, but I'm hoping to have one in the future! I'd love to have a vegetable patch there :)

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  10. I would love to have to a garden, instead ive got a concrete path with pots of flowers x

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  11. I'm trying my very best to garden and I'm loving it , it does cost though

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  12. It's really interesting how gardening has changed. I guess there's lots more hobbies vying for people's time nowadays.

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  13. I'm a haphazard gardener. in our house in the uk we had well established borders and i added colour with pots and baskets, been renting for the past 5 years and over seas so experimenting with what grows, but not spending a lot of money

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  14. Love that infographic - I'm starting to get more into growing fruit and vegetables.

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