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Garden Archaeology
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'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden: A History
by Ann Brooks
The Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and horticulture and to create an ambience "not unlike a fashionable resort". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only the former entrance gates and a street name remain. This book, illustrated with many contemporary engravings and postcards, charts the history of the Garden; its international reputation in horticultural ...
Paperback. Price US$49.95
Gardens in History: A Political Perspective
by Louise Wickham
Over the past 50 years, the subject of garden history has been firmly established as an academic discipline. While many have explored what was created in gardens throughout history, the reasons as to why they were created has naturally been more diverse. Depending on the background of the author, the ideas have ranged from aesthetic values deriving from art, philosophical thoughts and ideas, social and even economic forces. Occasionally some ...
Paperback. Not yet published - advance orders taken. Publisher's Price US$60.00, Our Price US$48.00
Georgian Gardens
by Anne Jennings
This book explores the origins of Georgian gardens. It looks at how they were designed and highlights the gradual move from formal 17th-century designs towards a 'natural' landscape style. Large or small, the gardens of the Georgian period were designed as places for relaxation and, equally importantly, they were used to demonstrate the owner's status and his understanding of taste and style. Practical 'how-to' sections in the book provide tips ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$16.95, Our Price US$5.98
Roman Gardens
Ornamental gardening has a long and intriguing history that can be traced back to the start of the first millennium. Roman Gardens highlights the enormous impact of the Roman occupancy on British gardening and explains how the invaders brought a love of outdoor life and culture to Britain that remains an intrinsic part of this nation's devotion to gardening today. Many plants that were first introduced by the Romans, like common box, are now ...
Tudor & Stuart Gardens
by Anne Jennings
Tudor and Stuart Gardens explores the love of formality that characterised gardening in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the influence of Renaissance culture on British gardens. Intricate knot gardens and parterres, the structural use of topiary and hedges and the period's fascination with non-native plants influenced the evolution of British gardens over the following centuries. This was a time when gardens were used to demonstrate the status, ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$14.95, Our Price US$5.98
Medieval Gardens
by Anne Jennings
Medieval Gardens charts the evolution of England's earliest gardens, from the rows of culinary and medicinal herbs tended by monks, to the earliest secular pleasure gardens, enclosed within castle walls. These were spaces for private conversations and outdoor games, often with raised beds and turf seats and perhaps a mound for surveying the countryside beyond. Still enclosed within wall were the 'pleasure parks' that covered many acres of ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$14.95, Our Price US$5.98
Suffolk's Gardens and Parks: Designed Landscapes from the Tudors to the Victorians
by Tom Williamson
The parks and gardens of the 17th century through to the Victorian era were objects of status and pride as well as being functional areas of the tamed landscape which could be used for leisure and for growing food. Tom Williamson discusses garden and park design and location, management and organisation, as well as those who commissioned, designed, built and managed them. He considers the impact of influences from the Continent, changes in ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$29.95, Our Price US$14.98
Edwardian Gardens
by Anne Jennings
"Historic Gardens" is a new series of books covering the history of gardens, from the medieval period through to the outbreak of the First World War. Beautifully illustrated in full colour, these attractive volumes provide an insight into the garden ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$14.95, Our Price US$4.98
Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology
by Carroll, Maureen
In this beautifully illustrated book, Maureen Carroll examines the most recent evidence of the existence of ancient gardens, the horticultural practices used to plant and maintain them, and the many forms and functions they assumed. Surveying the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the provinces of the Roman Empire from the second millennium B.C. to the middle of the first millennium A.D., Carroll finds that whether grown as sources of ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$35.00, Our Price US$14.98
Hardback. Price US$35.00
Geschichte der Gartenkultur
by Virgilio Vercelloni and Matteo Vercelloni
English summary: Paradise is a garden. The synonymous use of both terms has its roots in antiquity. The Greek name "paradeisoi" was used for the enclosed parks of the Persian kings and is still found today in the designation of the "garden paradise." Over 2,000 years of history of human domestication, design and use of nature are summed up in this work. Opulent images contribute to the text and make it clear why gardens, starting with the ...
Hardback. Price US$75.00
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