Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Hi. Fascinating to learn the type of steam mower in the photo Tony G shared with the group. I would love to see the better picture of the mower in steam. Did it require coal to produce the steam and have a small furnace which needed stoking up. How long would it run on a firing up? So many questions. Sorry. I’m always curious. I only hoped to add…[Read more]

Hi. Thank you for the beautiful photograph of the group of people at Woolverstone. The comments were interesting. However, the identification of people in the photo is questionable. I believe the gentleman identified as Charles Berners, second from the left, is in fact William Messenger, head gardener at Woolverstone Hall from 1893. Charles…[Read more]