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Title: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: peregrine9 on May 26, 2011, 05:52:51 AM
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May 24th 2011
Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden

History students at the Students appeal to identify the original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Liverpool garden in 1957 on Menlove Ave.University of Chester are appealing for help in identifying plants that could have grown in John Lennon’s childhood home as part of a major research project.
The group of seven students is working on a research project to gather information which can be used in the future to recreate the authenticity of the garden at Mendips in Liverpool with the assistance of the National Trust, which looks after the property. The house is a mecca for Beatles’ fans and while the building itself is contemporary to the 1950s when John Lennon and his Aunt Mimi lived there, the garden contains modern plants.

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Title: Re: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: Bobber on May 26, 2011, 07:22:47 AM
Excuse me but of what importance is it to know what kind of plants grew in Mendips' garden in 1957?
Title: Re: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: Mairi on May 26, 2011, 03:43:31 PM
Yeah, I think they are definitely stretching the limits of historical significance.
Title: Re: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: cubanheel on May 26, 2011, 08:16:53 PM
What about horticultural significance?

The plants found in a typical postwar suburban garden will be quite different to those grown today. It may not matter quite as much as feeding the third world but it's probably more important than some things our local council has spent money on lately. Having studied horticulture I can get a little cross when I watch a historical drama set in Elizabethan England and see a vast rhododendron shrub in shot. So if the National Trust want to get these things right they need to investigate. It's probably a lot easier to do Paul's old house and garden, thanks to Mike's fab photos.

 ;sorryJust a personal thing, let's get back to talking about Yoko's sunglasses and Ringo's underpants.
Title: Re: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: Bobber on May 27, 2011, 08:26:28 AM
OK, you got a point. But then they could investigate ANY garden, while they picked especially this one.
Title: Re: Students appeal to identify original plants that grew in John Lennon’s Garden
Post by: cubanheel on May 30, 2011, 10:48:21 PM
It's what they do at all properties owned by the National Trust, and also at most properties with any historical importance. There's a Roman villa near us where they've done all sorts of work to find out what was grown and where, and they have reconstructed the garden. It's just another way of trying to ensure that the property is presented correctly.  If they hung curtains from Ikea or put the pictures on the walls in clickframes, or had the wrong vintage of furniture, then the wrong image would be presented. Just like in the films and tv documentaries that we all like to critisise for their incorrect use of slang or perhaps the wrong kind of guitar. That's all. No biggie. But I do think you're all being very anti-horticultural, it was Chelsea Flower Show week after all. Sniff sniff (exit stage right v upset). roll:)