Why this laurel isn’t so hardy.

Richard Wyatt

Want to see how things are changing in one of Bath’s popular parks?

I set out this morning to explain the mystery of the disappearing laurel bushes.

The 1865 image of the former bandstand in Sydney Garden came from Brenda Snaddon’s book on this former Georgian ‘Vauxhall’ pleasure garden called The Last Promenade published in 2000 by Millstream Books.

Keep up to date on The Sydney Gardens Project via http://www.friendsofsydneygardens.org

Published by Richard Wyatt

Freelance Journalist, broadcaster, columnist and local historian. Director of Bath Newseum. Married and lives in Bath. Interested in local history, architecture and visual display in museums and urban spaces.