Cambridge College Gardens

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711238510

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Cambridge College Gardens by Tim Richardson Pdf

For students and alumni, their families, Cambridge locals and for lovers of private gardens, Tim Richardson's book on the most exquisite gardens in and around the university of Cambridge's colleges combines brilliant research and elegant prose with stunning photography by Clive Boursnell. Following on the heels of Oxford College Gardens, this book invites an armchair appreciation of the history, horticulture and atmosphere that these hallowed gardens provide. The gardens are as rich and varied as the colleges themselves, often set within stunning architecture, and include formal quadrangles, naturalistic planting, walled gardens, rooftop oases, productive plots and watermeadows as well as the private spaces enjoyed exclusively by the college masters, porters and fellows.

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711239784

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Oxford College Gardens by Tim Richardson Pdf

From the bijou corners of Corpus Christi to the wide open lawns of Trinity, Oxford's gardens are full of surprises and hidden corners - not least the fellows' or masters' gardens, which are usually kept resolutely private. Take a tour of the stunning gardens of this prestigious British institution without leaving your armchair with this elegant, authoritative analysis full of glorious photographs which reveal their full interest and charm. The gardens of Oxford's thirty or so colleges are surprisingly varied in style, age and size, ranging from the ancient mound in the middle of New College to the fine modernist design which is St Catherine's. The eighteenth-century landscape school is represented in the magnificent acreage of Worcester, while the twentieth-century vogue for rock gardening is reflected at St John's. Founded in 1621, the university's Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in Britain, holds one of the most diverse plant collections in the world, and has been a source of inspiration for writers from Lewis Carroll to Philip Pullman.

Author : Tim Richardson
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780711247130

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Cambridge College Gardens by Tim Richardson Pdf

This guide takes you on an illustrated tour of the very best of the gardens of the University of Cambridge, some of the most beautiful, unique and historical horticultural spaces of any University around the world. For students and alumni, their families, Cambridge locals and for lovers of private gardens, Tim Richardson's book on the most exquisite gardens in and around the university of Cambridge's colleges combines brilliant research and elegant prose with stunning photography by Clive Boursnell. Following on the heels of Oxford College Gardens, this book invites an armchair appreciation of the history, horticulture and atmosphere that these hallowed gardens provide. The gardens are as rich and varied as the colleges themselves, often set within stunning architecture, and include formal quadrangles, naturalistic planting, walled gardens, rooftop oases, productive plots and watermeadows as well as the private spaces enjoyed exclusively by the college masters, porters and fellows. Allow this sumptuously illustrated book to take you on a dreamlike tour of these truly unique gardens, and drink in the atmosphere of one of the world's most beautiful universities.

Author : Wilhelmina F. Jashemski,Kathryn L. Gleason,Kim J. Hartswick,Amina-Aïcha Malek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781108327039

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Gardens of the Roman Empire by Wilhelmina F. Jashemski,Kathryn L. Gleason,Kim J. Hartswick,Amina-Aïcha Malek Pdf

In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.

Author : Caroline Goodson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781108489119

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Cultivating the City in Early Medieval Italy by Caroline Goodson Pdf

Demonstrates how food-growing gardens in early medieval cities transformed Roman ideas and economic structures into new, medieval values.

Author : Chris Bird
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521707398

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The Fundamentals of Horticulture by Chris Bird Pdf

Essential reading for all those interested in horticulture, from students to keen gardeners. Focuses on practical applications, and supports RHS specifications.

Author : Mavis Batey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015014954740

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The Historic Gardens of Oxford & Cambridge by Mavis Batey Pdf

This is a guide to the college gardens of Oxford and Cambridge, tracing over 700 years of gardening history. It is also tells the story of how architects, painters, poets and philosophers as important as Wren, Hawksmoor, Addison, Ruskin, Morris and Lutyens helped create them.

Author : David Loggan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1905
Category : Electronic
ISBN : SRLF:C0000230375

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Cantabrigia Illustrata by David Loggan Pdf

Author : Colin Hay,Anand Menon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199284283

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European Politics by Colin Hay,Anand Menon Pdf

Featuring carefully edited contributions from international experts, European Politics blends an analysis of individual nation states with an examination of the critical issues that confront them all. Taking into account the enlargement of the European Union, it provides coverage of Central and Eastern Europe along with discussions of Western Europe. The text considers both the national and transnational factors that affect and are affected by politics in Europe--notably European integration and globalization. European Politics includes chapters on all the major issues, organized into four sections. Section One provides basic information and details of the essential debates concerning the states of Europe and the European Union. Section Two presents comparative chapters on the key features of European politics. These offer a sense of the major areas of continuity and change across Europe as a whole. Section Three again presents explicitly comparative chapters outlining the developments in specific policy sectors. Finally, Section Four outlines the nature of Europe's external relations. European Politics is enhanced by excellent pedagogical features including readers' guides, key points, questions, web links, text boxes, a glossary, and a guide to further reading. A companion website features resources for students including an interactive map of Europe with facts, key dates, and web links for twenty-six countries; mulitiple-choice questions for each chapter; and a flashcard glossary. It also contains PowerPoint slides for instructors.

Author : Robert Pogue Harrison
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781459606265

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Gardens by Robert Pogue Harrison Pdf

Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens may be as far away from everyday reality as Gilgamesh's garden of the gods or as near as our own backyard, but in their very conception and the marks they bear of human care and cultivation, gardens stand as restorative, nourishing, necessary havens. With Gardens, Robert Pogue Harrison graces readers with a thoughtful, wide-ranging examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. Moving from the gardens of ancient philosophers to the gardens of homeless people in contemporary New York, he shows how, again and again, the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. The ancients, explains Harrison, viewed gardens as both a model and a location for the laborious self-cultivation and self-improvement that are essential to serenity and enlightenment, an association that has continued throughout the ages. The Bible and Qur'an; Plato's Academy and Epicurus's Garden School; Zen rock and Islamic carpet gardens; Boccaccio, Rihaku, Capek, Cao Xueqin, Italo Calvino, Ariosto, Michel Tournier, and Hannah Arendt - all come into play as this work explores the ways in which the concept and reality of the garden has informed human thinking about mortality, order, and power. Alive with the echoes and arguments of Western thought, Gardens is a fitting continuation of the intellectual journeys of Harrison's earlier classics, Forests and The Dominion of the Dead. Voltaire famously urged us to cultivate our gardens; with this compelling volume, Robert Pogue Harrison reminds us of the nature of that responsibility - and its enduring importance to humanity.

Author : Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0884021009

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Ancient Roman Gardens by Elisabeth B. MacDougall,Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski Pdf

Author : Charles Dowding
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780744077759

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No Dig by Charles Dowding Pdf

Work in partnership with nature to nurture your soil for healthy plants and bumper crops - without back-breaking effort! Have you ever wondered how to transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden? Well now you can! By following the simple steps set out in No Dig, in just a few short hours you can revolutionize your vegetable patch with plants already in the ground from day one! Charles Dowding is on a mission to teach that there is no need to dig over the soil, but by minimizing intervention you are actively boosting soil productivity. In fact, The less you dig, the more you preserve soil structure and nurture the fungal mycelium vital to the health of all plants. This is the essence of the No Dig system that Charles Dowding has perfected over a lifetime growing vegetables. So put your gardening gloves on and get ready to discover: - Guides and calendars of when to sow, grow, and harvest. - Inspiring information and first-hand guidance from the author - “Delve deeper” features look in-depth at the No Dig system and the facts and research that back it up. - The essential role of compost and how to make your own at home. - The importance of soil management, soil ecology, and soil health. Now one of the hottest topics in environmental science, this "wood-wide web" has informed Charles's practice for decades, and he's proven it isn't just trees that benefit - every gardener can harness the power of the wood-wide web. Featuring newly- commissioned step-by-step photography of all stages of growing vegetables and herbs, and all elements of No Dig growing, shot at Charles’s beautiful market garden in Somerset, you too will be able to grow more veg with less time and effort, and in harmony with nature - so join the No Dig revolution today! A must-have volume for followers of Charles Dowding who fervently believe in his approach to low input, high yield gardening, as well as gardeners who want to garden more lightly on the earth, with environmentally friendly techniques like organic and No Dig.

Author : Nicola Penfold
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Adventure stories
ISBN : 1788952588

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Where the World Turns Wild by Nicola Penfold Pdf

Author : David S. Ingram,Daphne Vince-Prue,Peter J. Gregory
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470995334

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Science and the Garden by David S. Ingram,Daphne Vince-Prue,Peter J. Gregory Pdf

Most conventional gardening books concentrate on how and when to carry out horticultural tasks such as pruning, seed sowing and taking cuttings. This book is unique in explaining in straightforward terms some of the science that underlies these practices. It is principally a book of 'Why' - Why are plants green? Why should one cut beneath a leaf node when taking cuttings? Why do plants need so much water? But it also goes on to deal with the 'How', providing rationale behind the practical advice. The coverage is wide-ranging and comprehensive and includes the basic structure and functioning of garden plants, nomenclature, genetics and plant breeding, environmental factors affecting growth, methods of propagation and production, pest and disease control, and post harvest management and storage. Published on behalf of the Royal Horticultural Society, this book will be a most valuable text for those sitting the RHS general examination, and horticultural students at certificate and diploma levels; it will also appeal to gardeners, growers and scientists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1001411498

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Guide to the University Botanic Garden Cambridge by Anonim Pdf