Warley Place News Today

Flowers are a matter of pride for gardeners, a means of expression for lovers and they play a role in some of our most joyous and somber societal rituals. But not all flowers are bright colors and perfumed scents. Some are quite unusual.

A rare 1900 Swiss miniature silver carriage clock that was once owned by one of the most significant female horticulturists, plant researchers and pla

A rare 1900 Swiss miniature silver carriage clock that was once owned by one of the most significant female horticulturists, plant researchers and plant photographers of the 19th and early 20th centuries is to be offered at auction in September. Leighton Gillibrand, Head of Dreweatts Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments department: "This exquisite little timepiece

If you work in a restaurant, fast food joint, pharmacy, or retail store in Connecticut, I want to say something unusual to you - Thank you for going to work

When she was 13, the Willmotts moved from London to Warley Place in Essex, a Queen Anne mansion surrounded by 33 acres of land. Here the lively and sociable Ellen led a charmed life.

History has portrayed horticulturalist Ellen Willmott as a rude saboteur - but new evidence suggests otherwise.

She booby-trapped her prize plants and sabotaged the gardens of her rivals. Yet, says Kate Thompson, horticultures original bad girl was tragically misunderstood

Sylvia Kent, our Brentwood history columnist, looks at the history of Countess Tasker, Brentwood Horticultural Society and Middleton Hall.

Miss Willmott of Warley Place: Her Life and Her Gardens by Lievre, Dr. Audrey Le at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10:  0571116221 - ISBN 13:  9780571116225 - Faber & Faber - 1980 - Hardcover

The cottage of 19th Century poet William Blake is one of 130 deteriorating venues that have been added to Historic Englands heritage at-risk register.