The Victorian Gardener

Author : Anne Wilkinson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780752495712

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Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted that suitable plants, equipment and information are easily available. This was not always the case. Anne Wilkinson's engaging book recreates the world of amateur Victorian gardeners – those who had no idea how to start gardening, and no information to help them. In the 1860s gardening was mainly the preserve of professionals who worked on large estates, but a new breed of gardeners was emerging – ordinary householders. Their gardens range from country cottage and rectory gardens to urban gardens behind terraced houses. With no help from the professionals – who refused to believe that gardens in towns were a practical possibility – those innovators laid down the foundations for modern amateur gardening as it is today. This book, richly illustrated with images from contemporary magazines and other sources, explores their journey to create their own piece of England's 'green and pleasant land'.

Author : Jennifer Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Chilton Gardens (England)
ISBN : 0563362820

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The Victorian Kitchen Garden by Jennifer Davies Pdf

Behind high redbrick walls at Chilton Foliat in Berkshire lies an extraordinary example of a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. This book traces its recent restoration from a neglected patch of weed-choked ground into a productive and well-ordered plot, cultivated with the use of Victorian tools and techniques and planted with 19th-century varieties of flowers, fruit and vegetables. The garden reflects the characteristics of the era - the inventiveness and interest in science, the constant quest for improvement and the strict social hierarchy.

Author : Caroline Ikin
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0747811520

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The Victorian Garden by Caroline Ikin Pdf

Gardening became a popular pastime in Victorian Britain with the rise of suburban gardens and a passion for the outdoors. New plant introductions from abroad brought a greater variety of plants, while improvements in technology made gardening more accessible. Gardening books and magazines spread the appeal and debate raged over the merits of colour and order versus wild and natural. The large and impressive gardens of country houses were emulated in suburban settings as the appeal of gardens and gardening spread to the masses, while the creation of public parks introduced green spaces to grey cities. As with architecture, Victorian gardens underwent a 'battle of the styles', and an exploration of the period reveals contrasting fashions for garish bedding, ornate Italian terracing, naturalistic planting, cool ferneries, colourful parterres, tranquil Japanese water features, and the occasional eccentric embellishment. The characters involved include such Victorian luminaries as John Loudon, Joseph Paxton and Charles Darwin, alongside the garden designers William Nesfield, Charles Barry and William Robinson, plant hunters Joseph Hooker, Robert Fortune and William Lobb, and the influential women Marianne North, Alicia Amherst and Jane Loudon. The pace of change makes the Victorian era of gardens an exciting time of exotic new plants, fiercely competitive head gardeners, impressive glasshouse engineering, strong personalities and contrasting ideals.

Author : Caroline Ikin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780747814580

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The Victorian Gardener by Caroline Ikin Pdf

Over the course of the nineteenth century, gardening came to be considered a respectable profession, providing a means to an education, a good chance of advancement and decent working conditions. The hierarchy of the garden staff became just as regimented as that of domestic servants, and progression was attained by hard work, self-improvement and ambition. Training courses and apprenticeships prepared young gardeners for their trade and horticulture became recognised as a skilled profession, with the head gardener commanding a position of influence and respect and women overcoming social barriers to join their peers on equal terms. This book explores the gardening profession within the complexities of Victorian society and the advances in science and technology that pushed the gardener further into the limelight.

Author : Jennifer Davies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01
Category : Chilton Gardens (England)
ISBN : 0563360739

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The Victorian Flower Garden by Jennifer Davies Pdf

Published to coincide with a BBC2 series starting in October 1991, this is a successor to the author's The Victorian Kitchen Garden and The Victorian Kitchen. It tells the stories behind flowers which Victorians grew and loved, and with the help of retired head gardener Harry Dodson explains how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated and used.

Author : Anne Wilkinson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780752495712

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Victorian Gardener by Anne Wilkinson Pdf

Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted that suitable plants, equipment and information are easily available. This was not always the case. Anne Wilkinson's engaging book recreates the world of amateur Victorian gardeners - those who had no idea how to start gardening, and no information to help them.In the 1860s gardening was mainly the preserve of professionals who worked on large estates, but a new breed of gardeners was emerging - ordinary householders. Their gardens range from country cottage and rectory gardens to urban gardens behind terraced houses. With no help from the professionals - who refused to believe that gardens in towns were a practical possibility - those innovators laid down the foundations for modern amateur gardening as it is today.This book, richly illustrated with images from contemporary magazines and other sources, explores their journey to create their own piece of England's 'green and pleasant land'.

Author : Caroline Ikin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780747814597

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The Victorian Gardener by Caroline Ikin Pdf

Over the course of the nineteenth century, gardening came to be considered a respectable profession, providing a means to an education, a good chance of advancement and decent working conditions. The hierarchy of the garden staff became just as regimented as that of domestic servants, and progression was attained by hard work, self-improvement and ambition. Training courses and apprenticeships prepared young gardeners for their trade and horticulture became recognised as a skilled profession, with the head gardener commanding a position of influence and respect and women overcoming social barriers to join their peers on equal terms. This book explores the gardening profession within the complexities of Victorian society and the advances in science and technology that pushed the gardener further into the limelight.

Author : Caroline Holmes
Publisher : Schiffer Book
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : PSU:000056684322

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Victorian Gardens by Caroline Holmes Pdf

This delightful book presents Victorian gardening style and design using beautiful landscapes lavish with carpet beds, topiary, statuary, sundials, marble and stone walkways, as well as classical architectural ruins, fountains, and pools. Highlights include Osborne House, on the Isle of Wight (Queen Victoria's country home), Biddulph Grange in Staffordshire, and Down House in Kent (home to Charles Darwin). Gorgeously illustrated with over 200 beautiful color photographs plus illustrations, diagrams, and layouts of restorations and recreations, this book is sure to inspire and give the reader confidence to experiment.

Author : Tamsin Liddle,Peter Robinson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398113084

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William Barron by Tamsin Liddle,Peter Robinson Pdf

Explore a lavishly illustrated celebration of this important figure in Victorian landscape garden design.

Author : Dr Sarah Dewis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781409469247

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The Loudons and the Gardening Press by Dr Sarah Dewis Pdf

Through close readings of individual serials and books and archival work on the publication history of the Gardener’s Magazine (1826-44) Sarah Dewis examines the significant contributions John and Jane Webb Loudon made to the gardening press and democratic discourse. Vilified during their lifetimes by some sections of the press, the Loudons were key players in the democratization of print media and the development of the printed image. Both offered women readers a cultural alternative to the predominantly literary and classical culture of the educated English elite. In addition, they were innovatory in emphasizing the value of scientific knowledge and the acquisition of taste as a means of eroding class difference. As well as the Gardener’s Magazine, Dewis focuses on the lavish eight-volume Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum (1838), an encyclopaedia of trees and shrubs, and On the Laying Out, Planting, and Managing of Cemeteries (1843), arguing that John Loudon was a radical activist who reconfigured gardens in the public sphere as a landscape of enlightenment and as a means of social cohesion. Her book is important in placing the Loudons’ publications in the context of the history of the book, media history, garden history, urban social history, history of education, nineteenth-century radicalism and women’s journalism.

Author : Anne Jennings
Publisher : Historic England Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Gardening
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120013789

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Victorian Gardens by Anne Jennings Pdf

The varied tastes of the Victorians extended to their gardens and landscapes, and Victorian Gardens describes the wide range of garden designs and planting styles that were created during Victoria's reign. The Victorians' inventiveness and enthusiasm for technology and industrial developments transformed professional British gardening into a sophisticated and skilled profession. Public parks, carpet bedding, kitchen gardens and glasshouse displays are only a few of the era's innovative horticultural contributions that are still enjoyed today. Many of today's gardeners are rediscovering the vibrant planting schemes popular over a century ago and we can learn much from the detailed plant lists and gardening instructions that are recorded in Victorian books and magazines.

Author : David Squire,Laura Potts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Gardens, Victorian
ISBN : 1858331811

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Victorian Cottage Gardens by David Squire,Laura Potts Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1855853000

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The Victorian Garden Album by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom Carter,Thomas M. Carter
Publisher : Salem House Publishers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Gardening
ISBN : PSU:000019782195

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The Victorian Garden by Tom Carter,Thomas M. Carter Pdf

Author : Tom Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1851702075

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The Victorian Garden by Tom Carter Pdf