April, 2020
William Shakespeare grew up in the small South Warwickshire town of Stratford upon Avon, just three miles from the Pritchard & Company offices. We highlight the gardens and plant inspiration in his life and works. Five gardens that Shakespeare knew well in Stratford upon Avon, in which he gardened and explored, are:
At that time, Elizabethans gave symbolic meaning to certain plants, their typical garden style contained topiary and an influx of new plants such as marigolds and nasturtiums as well as herbs used in medicine at the time, roses and daffodils.
Shakespeare was surrounded by gardens, meadows, riverbanks and woodlands. References to trees, herbs, kitchen and flower garden plants in Shakespeare’s works are correct botanically and his audience at the time would have known the references and meanings. Here are the three best known plant quotes.
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