I promised in my last News Letter that I would write a short account of a visit that Val and I made to Woodbridge in October.. I think it was possibly the only wet day during the whole of the month, but it was nevertheless a fascinating trip. We had been to Woodbridge before, but this was the first time we gave ourselves the opportunity to look around some of the Pulhams’ old Home Town. Continue reading “A Fascinating Day in Woodbridge”
Category: Porfolio
James Pulham in Scotland
by Claude Hitching
(This is the complete article – a few deletions were necessary during the editing process due to space limitations is July 2013 Issue of The Rock Garden)
James Pulham and Son are best remembered these days for the picturesque rock gardens, ferneries, follies and grottoes they constructed during the Victorian years. Continue reading “James Pulham in Scotland”
The Pulham Legacy in London
James Pulham and Son, the eminent firm of Victorian and Edwardian landscape artists, are mostly remembered today for their picturesque rock gardens, ferneries, follies and grottoes with which they embellished many of the great country estates and parks around the country, but, as garden fashions evolved around the turn of the 20th Century, they also extended their portfolio to include grand, balustraded terraces, and formal Italian and Japanese-styled gardens. They supplemented this by manufacturing a wide range of very high-quality garden ornaments, such as fountains, vases, urns, seats and balustrading etc in their Manufactory in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire. Continue reading “The Pulham Legacy in London”
James Pulham in Wales
James Pulham and Son are best remembered these days for the picturesque rock gardens, ferneries, follies and grottoes they constructed during the Victorian years. This was the time when tourists returning home from their ‘Grand Tours’ of Europe sought to create natural habitats in their gardens for the ferns and Alpine plants they had collected during their travels. Hence the fashion for rock gardens, and, if natural rocks were not economically available, the Pulham craftsmen would ‘make their own’ by building up heaps of rubble and old bricks, and coating them with their own proprietary brand of cement that soon became known as Pulhamite. The craftsmanship of the ‘rock builders’ lay in their ability to sculpt the surfaces to simulate the colour and texture of natural rock. Continue reading “James Pulham in Wales”
Articles
This section contains a portfolio of articles written by Claude Hitching about James Pulham and Son for publication in various magazines and newspapers etc prior to – or to coincide with – the publication of Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacy. Continue reading “Articles”
Follies Magazine – Autumn 2012
News Updates
The Pulham Website Newsletters
In an attempt to keep our readers and visitors up-to-date with everything that is happening in the ‘World of Pulham’, we have decided to produce occasional News Updates that can be accessed from this page. Just click on the dates to go to the complete Newsletter selected.
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June ’17 |
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August ‘13 |
Part of the NGS Open Day Celebrations at
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Rock Landscapes: The Pulham Legacyby Claude Hitchingbetween 2.30 – 4.30 p.m.
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June ‘13 |
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