About the Project
The ‘Story of Gardens’ is an innovative educational resource developed for the European Garden Heritage Network (EGHN) by the South West Grid for Learning (SWGfL) in conjunction with Somerset County Council.
Although primarily designed for schools, it is a fascinating introduction for anyone with an interest in gardens. It complements the EGHN's Garden Themes and Regional Routes which looks at other European gardens.
The full EGHN Education Report (coming soon!) is full of garden education ideas and resources for garden education for with much useful material (including downloads) for teachers.
Aims of the 'Story of Gardens'
- To tell the ‘Story of Gardens’ from ancient time to the 21st century in a concise and user-friendly way.
- To encourage schools to include the theme of ‘Gardens through time’ within the History Curriculum, particularly at Key Stage 3.
- To set the ‘Story’ within its wider historical context, showing how gardens arise from and illustrate other events and trends
- To provide in-depth Garden Case Studies consisting of carefully chosen primary and secondary historical sources, from specific gardens, that can be downloaded and investigated in the classroom.
- To support individual student research by providing further information, links and suggestions.
Source text for 'The Story of Gardens'
The original English text was written for the EGHN by Ed Bennis, Director of the Research Center for Landscape, Manchester Metropolitan University.
It is divided into eleven sections and corresponds to the Website 'The Story of Gardens in Europe'.
It gives additional information and a broader context intended for the teacher or independent researcher, and it supplements the 'Themes' of the EGHN http://www.imaginethegarden.co.uk/
The pages can be used and printed for educational purposes only.
Download the source text 'The Story of Gardens'
Submit a case study
If you would like to submit your own garden case study, you can use the template provided.
You can submit the file as a Word document and send it by email to: Talya Bagwell at: TSBagwell@somerset.gov.uk. Please include a telephone number so that we can contact you. Your case study will be converted to .pdf format and will be published on the website. The acknowledgements for the case study will be included at the end of the document.
Download the case study template
Acknowledgements
- Rachel Shaw (lead Education Consultant for EGHN) coordinated the project 'Story of Gardens'.
- Julie Moore (SWGfL) designed the website.
- Ed Bennis (Head of Centre for Landscape Research, Manchester Metropolitan University) wrote the original Source Text for the website and provided many of the images.
- Michael Riley (Somerset LEA History Advisor) wrote the Teacher’s Page.
- The remainder of the text was written by Rachel Shaw, who also revised the garden case studies.
- Charlie Beale (Design to Print, Somerset County Council) provided core images.
- Birgit Hughes (EGHN Coordinator at Somerset County Council) and Belinda Payne (European Services at Somerset County Council) for their invaluable contribution and support.
- Susanne James Associates who provided the French and German translations.
We are very grateful to the following for writing, selecting and providing the material for the Garden Examples:
- Richard Higgs for Hestercombe Gardens
- Caroline Jones and Caroline Pujol for Painshill Park
- Mike Fox, Adam King and Ed Bennis for Birkenhead Park
- Andrew Norton for East Lambrook Manor Gardens
- Katy Smith for Prior Park Gardens
- Philip Norman for the Tradescant Garden au Museum of Garden History
- Clare Lanes for Yalding Organic Gardens
All other image credits are included within the text.
Copyright
This website is copyrighted to EGHN 2006. You may use the materials on the website, including the images and documents for educational purposes only.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 license..
