{"id":8930,"date":"2012-12-29T17:26:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-29T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/?p=8930"},"modified":"2012-12-29T17:26:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-29T17:26:42","slug":"shalimar-bagh-kashmir-historic-garden-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/shalimar-bagh-kashmir-historic-garden-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Shalimar Bagh Kashmir: historic garden conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"shalimar_bagh\" width=\"775\" height=\"567\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh-624x457.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262\" width=\"775\" height=\"513\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_kashmir_DSCF4262-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs a generalisation, the condition of historic gardens in most countries is getting better. They enjoy more expert attention, more visitors and more resources.  Shalimar Bagh in Kashmir is an exception.  When I saw it in 2006, it did not seem to be in quite as good condition as when Susan Jellicoe (black and white photo above) photographed it c1970. And when I saw it again in 2012 (colour photo, above) it seemed in even worse condition. Oddly, there were also far more visitors than in 2006. Does anyone know what the problem is? Lack of money? Lack of will? A concern for the bugs which enjoy rotting timber? A lack of concern for India&#8217;s Islamic heritage?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"shalimar_bagh_historic_garden\" width=\"775\" height=\"516\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/shalimar_bagh_historic_garden-624x415.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a generalisation, the condition of historic gardens in most countries is getting better. They enjoy more expert attention, more visitors and more resources. Shalimar Bagh in Kashmir is an exception. When I saw it in 2006, it did not seem to be in quite as good condition as when Susan Jellicoe (black and white [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,12,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gardenvisit.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}