A History of Gardening in 50 Objects (eBook)

George Drower (Autor)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
256 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9188-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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.

George Drower is a writer and historian. He is the author of the acclaimed Britain's Dependent Territories and the Overseas Territories Handbook; a number of political biographies; and articles on garden history for The Times, The Sunday Times, Traditional Homes and House & Garden. He has previously written the successful Boats, Boffins and Bowlines and Sails, Skippers and Sextants for The History Press.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.7.2019
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: 50 objects • container gardens • countryfile • Cultivation • Environment • Floriculture • Flowers • Garden • gardeners • gardeners, gardens, garden, inventor, inventors, innovations, innovation, grubs, guru, grub, gardening, outdoors, plants, flowers, environment, horticulture, cultivation, floriculture, landscaping, ornamental gardens, wild cottage, container gardens, countryfile, objects, 100 objects • Gardening • Gardens • Grub • grubs • Guru • horticulture • Innovation • Innovations • Inventor • inventors • Landscaping • objects • ornamental gardens • Outdoors • plants • wild cottage
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9188-7 / 0750991887
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9188-9 / 9780750991889