The making of the English gardener / Margaret Willes.

Author
Willes, Margaret [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.
Description
ix, 299 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

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      Summary note
      In the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England, making it a leading player in the European horticultural game. Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacular book trade spread this new knowledge still further - reaching even the growing number of gardeners furnishing their more modest plots across the verdant nation and its young colonies in the Americas. Margaret Willes introduces a plethora of garden enthusiasts, from the renowned to the legions of anonymous workers who created and tended the great estates. Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises, and practical manuals that inspired these men - and occasionally women - Willes's book enthrallingly charts how England's garden grew. -- Publisher's website.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Fit for a Queen
      • The Men on the Ground
      • Strange Encounters
      • Spreading the Word
      • House and Garden
      • Court and Country
      • Curious Gardeners
      • The Sun and the Moon
      • Secrets Revealed
      • The Long Winter
      • Epilogue
      • Springtime.
      ISBN
      • 9780300163827 ((alk. paper))
      • 0300163827 ((alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2011014431
      OCLC
      711045612
      International Article Number
      • 9780300163827
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