A Short History of Flowers (eBook)

The stories that make our gardens

Advolly Richmond (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
224 Seiten
Frances Lincoln (Verlag)
978-0-7112-8223-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Garden and social historian Advolly Richmond (ofGardener's World) unravels thesurprising histories of 60 flowers that shape our gardens. Have you ever wondered where your favorite garden flowerscame from? Where their names derived? Or why some cultivars goin and out of favor? Every flower in your herbaceous border hasa story, and in this book Advolly Richmond takes you on a tour ofthe most intriguing, surprising and enriching ones. Tales of exploration, everlasting love and bravery bring these beautiful flowers to life. Advolly has dug down to uncover the royalty, scholars, pioneers, and a smuggler or two that have all played a part in discovering and cultivating some of our favorite species. From the lavish and exotic bougainvillea, found by an 18thcentury female botanist in disguise to the humble but majestic snowdrop casting a spell and causing a frenzy. These plants have played pivotal roles in our societies, from boom to bust economies, promises of riches, and making fashion statements. These unassuming blooms hold treasure troves of stories. With specially commissioned artworks from award-winning botanical illustrator Sarah JaneHumphrey, which sumptuously bring each flower to life this is abeautiful compendium for every garden lover.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.3.2024
• Illustrationen: Sarah Jane Humphrey
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Adam Frost • advolly richmond • Alan Titchmarsh • annuals • archives • arit Anderson • Around the World • a-z of garden history • BBC • Beautiful • Blooms • Botanical • botanics • Bulbs • carol klein • Chelsea Flower Show • Crocus • Cultural • daffodil • English garden • fathers day • Floral • flowerphotography • flowersonfriday • frances tophill • gardeners question time • gardeners world • garden historian • Garden History • garden history podcast • garden lover • Gift Book • Global • GRASS • Green • Herbaceous Border • Heritage • history of flowers • horticulture • interesting • Jasmine • joe swift • Kew Gardens • language • Lavender • Lily • love of plants • Meaning • monty don • Mothering Sunday • mothers day • Orchids • Outdoors • outside • pansy • PAST • perennials • planter • plants • potted • Practical • public gardens • Rachel de thame • rhs • Roots • rose • seeds • Short Story • Shrub • snowdrop • Social • species • Spring • Succulent • sue kent • Summer • Sweet Pea • Trees • TULIP • weeds
• ISBN-10: 0-7112-8223-4 / 0711282234
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-8223-0 / 9780711282230