Author: Mrs. Loudon (Jane)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A Little History of British Gardening
Author: Jenny UglowPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448104963
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
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
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
The English Garden
Author: Charles Quest-RitsonPublisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567922646
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Sociohistorical overview of English gardening trends.
Catalogue of Books
Author: John TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Writing the Garden
Author: Elizabeth Barlow RogersPublisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567924409
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This book accompanies the exhibition "Writing the Garden" organized in 2011 by the New York Society Library.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Faculty of Advocates ...
Author: Faculty of Advocates (Scotland). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
The Spectator
Author: Lady Gardeners
Author: Francesca OrestanoPublisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1803275901
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
The Lady Gardeners are those women who, from the eighteenth century to the present day, have been working in a garden, from imagining and creating it, to sowing, planting, pruning, painting and photographing plants, and moving from garden design to more urgent themes such as landscape conservation and environmental issues.
Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Dictionary of National Biography
Author: Sir Leslie StephenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1374
Book Description