Galanthus Spanish and French Pyrenees in the west through to the Caucasus and Iran in the east, and south to Sicily, the Peloponnese and the Aegean, Turkey, Lebanon and Syria. The northern limit is uncertain because "G. nivalis" has been widely introduced and cultivated throughout Europe. "G. nivalis" and some other species valued as ornamentals have become widely naturalized in Europe, North America and other regions. "Galanthus nivalis" is the best-known and most widespread representative of the genus "Galanthus". It is native to a large area of Europe, stretching from the Pyrenees in the west, through France and Germany to Poland
Golding Constable's Flower Garden after Constable's mother had died after falling ill in one of the gardens and when his father was seriously ill. The gardens were demolished after the family home was sold in 1839. Golding Constable's Flower Garden Golding Constable's Flower Garden is an 1815 painting by John Constable. The work shows the flower garden belonging to Constable's father, Golding Constable, who lived in the Suffolk village of East Bergholt. The painting was donated by the grandson of the pioneering travel agent Ernest Edward Cook, who left his art collection to the Art Fund, which distributed it to nearly a hundred British