ENGLISH

The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660

By Margaret Willes

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0300163827, 9780300163827
LCC
SB451.36.G7 W55 2011
Google Books ID
IbJxMx56yx8C
Open Library ID
OL24852795M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15447062 bytes)
Pages
335\335
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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.

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