A Little History Of British Gardening

Author : Jenny Uglow
Publisher : Random House
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781448104963

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Get out in your garden and discover the history hidden in the hedges. Did the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did potatoes seem really, really weird when they arrived on our shores? Drawn from Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, this lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. Tracking down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - from weeding women to florists - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters, A Little History of British Gardening is brought to life by gorgeously vivid illustrations and Uglow's insightful wisdom. Not only dealing with flowery meads, grottoes and vistas, landscapes and ha-has, parks and allotments, Uglow explains, for example, how the Tudors made their curious knots; how housewives used herbs to stop freckles; how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. With a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a crisp, winter's day out - but also to read in your armchair with a well-earned glass of red, after a hard day's graft in your own garden. 'Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating' Daily Mail 'This book will be a joy for any gardener' Independent

Author : Jennifer S. Uglow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0865477027

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A fascinating history of gardening in England begins with the Stone Age and traces the nation's love affair with this pastoral activity, through Romans, Tudors, and Victorians to the present, exploring, among other interesting topics, the role of gardening in winning World War II.

Author : Miles Hadfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Gardening
ISBN : MINN:31951000014610O

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A History of British Gardening by Miles Hadfield Pdf

Author : Mark Laird
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0300196369

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A Natural History of English Gardening, 1650-1800 by Mark Laird Pdf

"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press."

Author : Advolly Richmond
Publisher : Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-05
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711282223

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A Short History of Flowers by Advolly Richmond Pdf

In A Short History of Flowers, Advolly Richmond of Gardeners' World explores the exciting stories behind the most popular garden flowers.

Author : Margaret Willes
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300163827

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The Making of the English Gardener by Margaret Willes Pdf

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession

Author : Gordon Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780191087554

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A Short History of Gardens by Gordon Campbell Pdf

Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers. In this short history, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the adaptive spirit of human innovation.

Author : George William Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Gardening
ISBN : UOM:39015012317973

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A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and Critical by George William Johnson Pdf

Author : Anne Scott-James,Osbert Lancaster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:476060011

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The Pleasure Garden by Anne Scott-James,Osbert Lancaster Pdf

Author : Thomas Henry Duke Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Gardens
ISBN : 0415518784

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British Gardens by Thomas Henry Duke Turner Pdf

Garden design began in West Asia and spread through Europe. This book tells how, in the British Isles, it flourished to an extraordinary degree. Following the historical method in Tom Turnere(tm)s books on Asian gardens (2010) and European gardens (2011), it uses almost 1000 colour photographs, plans and style diagrams to provide a word and image history of garden design. Individual chapters cover the Celtic, Roman, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Romantic, Arts and Crafts, Modern and Postmodern periods. Additional information about the gardens in the book is available on the Gardenvisit.com website, which the author edits eehttp://www.gardenvisit.com/history_theory/british_gardens_companion

Author : Ambra Edwards
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781911358251

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The Story of the English Garden by Ambra Edwards Pdf

The Story of the English Garden is the National Trust's accessible history of the nation's gardens, sumptuously illustrated and artfully curated. From tiny medieval gardens to vast Georgian parks, from Victorian glasshouses crammed with exotic specimens to the elegant outdoor 'rooms' of the Edwardians and the functional, ecologically aware gardens of today, this book explores the love affair between the English and their gardens for over 500 years. It's a fascinating story about passion – and power and politics too. The book is beautifully illustrated throughout and includes new photography of some of the most influential gardens in the world, including Sissinghurst. Drawn from the National Trust's extensive archives, The Story of the English Garden is the definitive guide to Europe's greatest collection of historic gardens – a rich celebration of World Heritage sites, rare and exotic plants and groundbreaking architectural design.

Author : Anne Scott-James,Osbert Lancaster
Publisher : Isis Large Print Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992-05-31
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1850893225

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The Pleasure Garden by Anne Scott-James,Osbert Lancaster Pdf

An illustrated survey traces the development of gardens, their design, their plants, and their gardeners from the Ancient Romans to the present day. (Gardening).

Author : Penelope Lively
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525558385

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Life in the Garden by Penelope Lively Pdf

From the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions for art, literature, and gardening in this philosophical and poetic memoir. From the courtyards of her childhood home in Cairo to a family cottage in Somerset, to her own gardens in Oxford and London, Lively conducts an expert tour, taking us from Eden to Sissinghurst and into her own backyard, traversing the lives of writers like Virginia Woolf and Philip Larkin while imparting her own sly and spare wisdom. "Her body of work proves that certain themes never go out of fashion," writes the New York Times Book Review, as true of this beautiful volume as of the rest of the Lively canon. Now in her eighty-fourth year, Lively muses, "To garden is to elide past, present, and future; it is a defiance of time."

Author : Andrea Wulf
Publisher : Random House
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446439562

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The Brother Gardeners by Andrea Wulf Pdf

One January morning in 1734, cloth merchant Peter Collinson hurried down to the docks at London's Custom House to collect cargo just arrived from John Bartram in the American colonies. But it was not bales of cotton that awaited him, but plants and seeds... Over the next forty years, Bartram would send hundreds of American species to England, where Collinson was one of a handful of men who would foster a national obsession and change the gardens of Britain forever: Philip Miller, author of the bestselling Gardeners Dictionary; the Swede Carl Linnaeus, whose standardised botanical nomenclature popularised botany; the botanist-adventurer Joseph Banks and his colleague Daniel Solander who both explored the strange flora of Tahiti and Australia on Captain Cook's Endeavour. This is the story of these men - friends, rivals, enemies, united by a passion for plants. Set against the backdrop of the emerging empire and the uncharted world beyond, The Brother Gardeners tells the story how Britain became a nation of gardeners.

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781446436530

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The Arcadian Friends by Tim Richardson Pdf

Between 1715 and 1750, a group of politicans and poets, farmers and businessmen, heiresses and landowners began to experiment with the phenomenon that was to become the English landscape garden. Arguably the greatest British art form ever invented, these gardens were built to charm and delight, to shock and inspire all who visited. That these gardens - including Castle Howard, Stowe, Painshill and Rousham - are still so popular with visitors today is a testament to the innovation and passion of this extraordinary group of eccentrics and visionaries. The Arcadian Friends takes a highly engaging perspective on the politics and culture of England during the Enlightenment. At the same time it will be required reading for the legions of fans of the great gardens of England. Tim Richardson introduces us to a period of poltical and personal intrigue, where fantastic biblical landscapes competed for space with temples to sexual freedom; and where the installation of a water feature was a political act. The Arcadian Friends tells the story of a collection of fascinating characters whose influence changed the landscape of Britain for ever.