The making of the English gardener / Margaret Willes.

Main entry:

Willes, Margaret.

Title & Author:

The making of the English gardener / Margaret Willes.

Publication:

Description:

ix, 299 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

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.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780300163827 (alk. paper)
0300163827 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Gardens England History 16th century.
Gardeners England History 16th century.
Gardens England History 17th century.
Gardeners England History 17th century.
Jardins Angleterre Histoire 16e siècle.
Jardiniers Angleterre Histoire 16e siècle.
Jardins Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Jardiniers Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Gardeners.
Gardens.
Trädgårdsmästare historia Storbritannien 1500-talet 1600-talet.
Trädgårdskonst historia Storbritannien.
Trädgårdar historia Storbritannien.
England.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 275871
Call No.: BIB 210265
Status: Available

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