Willes, Margaret.

The making of the English gardener / Margaret Willes.

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2011.

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

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.

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

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.

History.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 275871
Cote: BIB 210265
Statut: Disponible