Main entry:

Uglow, Jennifer S.

Title & Author:

A little history of British gardening / Jenny Uglow.

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publication:

New York : North Point Press, 2004.

Description:

342 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction: 'Mrs Woodcock's irises' -- Seed -- Did the Romans have rakes? -- Aelfric's list -- Monastic lore -- Pleasure ... -- ... and profit -- Tudor conceits -- The plantsman cometh -- Leaf -- Stuart fantasies -- 'Wife, into thy garden' -- Swords into pruning hooks -- Points of view -- Arcadia -- The citizen's box -- Miller & Co. -- Flower -- Brown and his foes -- Victoriana -- Brightness is all -- Cottagers, florists and shows -- Town mouse.
Don't sneer at Mrs Lawrence -- Rebellion -- Fruit -- The big kitchen garden -- Country Life -- From war to war -- Modernists and artists -- Eat your greens -- The flowers and the wild -- The cherry tree -- Epilogue: All of us -- Two Hundred Gardens.

Summary:

"Did the Romans have rakes? Did medieval monks get muddy? This history of gardening in Britain takes us on a journey from the planting of thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to today's rage for decking and ornamental grasses. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats, grand designers, and famous plant hunters. Colored by Jenny Uglow's own love for plants and brought to life by many vivid illustrations, A Little History of British Gardening not only explores flowery meads, grottoes and vistas, landscapes and ha-has, but also tells you, for example, how the Tudors made their curious knots, how housewives used herbs to stop freckles and how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II. This is a book to put in your pocket when planning your ideal green space - and to read in your deck chair with a glass of cold wine, when deadheading is simply too much to face."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0865477027 (alk. paper)
9780865477025 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardening Great Britain History.
Jardinage Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Gardening.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 232988
Call No.: SB451.36.G7 U56 2004
Status: Available