A history of gardening in 50 objects / George Drower.
The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead come from 10,000 BC and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether ornamental patches surrounding wild cottages, container gardens blooming over unforgiving concrete or those turned over...
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Language: | English |
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Stroud, Gloucestershire :
The History Press,
[2019]
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Physical Description: | 254 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
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The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead come from 10,000 BC and since then gardens of varying types and ambition have been popular throughout the ages. Whether ornamental patches surrounding wild cottages, container gardens blooming over unforgiving concrete or those turned over for growing produce, gardens exist in all shapes and sizes, in all manner of styles. Today we benefit from centuries of development, be it in the cultivation of desirable blossom or larger fruits, in the technology to keep weeds and lawn at bay or even in the visionaries who tore up rulebooks and cultivated pure creativity in their green spaces. George Drower takes fifty objects that have helped create the gardening scene we know today and explores the history outside spaces in a truly unique fashion. With stunning botanical and archive images, this lavish volume is essential for garden lovers. |
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Note: | First published as Gardeners, gurus & grubs : the stories of garden inventors and innovations, 2001. |
Call Number: | SB451 .D76 2019 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780750991308 0750991305 |