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The Making of the English Gardener Margaret Willes

The Making of the English Gardener By Margaret Willes

The Making of the English Gardener by Margaret Willes


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The Making of the English Gardener Summary

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

The people and publications at the root of a national obsession

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.

The Making of the English Gardener Reviews

Willes, who was a publisher for the National Trust, is a true bibliophile who has undertaken an ambitious piece of research that will be invaluable to students of gardens and their history.-Rosie Atkins, History Today -- Rosie Atkins * History Today *
.....all can enjoy the illuminating way Willes puts gardens into context.-Gardens Illustrated * Gardens Illustrated *
Avoid the glut of picture books that blossom at this time of year for this serious study of the social life of the English garden. It will fascinate serious horticulturalists with its explanation of the how the country had already undergone a radical revolution in gardening before the 18th century, which so many thought was its heyday.-Country and Town House Magazine * Country and Town House Magazine *

About Margaret Willes

Margaret Willes, the former Publisher for the National Trust, has written and illustrated numerous books. She lives in London.

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GOR008136975
9780300197266
0300197268
The Making of the English Gardener: Plants, Books and Inspiration, 1560-1660 by Margaret Willes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Yale University Press
20130720
312
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