THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO GARDENING
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THE CLASSIC GUIDE TO GARDENING
Sale price
$11.85
Regular price $17.95
The Victorian age, the age of industrial revolution and expansion of cities, was also the age of an explosion of interest in the practice of gardening.
This was not merely a private pastime. For the first time, a concerted effort was made throughout Britain to provide extensive gardens for the public to enjoy. More than merely an aesthetic enterprise, the development of public gardens attempted to promote benevolent behavior and decrease social unrest.
During this period, we saw the creation of infamous and elaborate gardens, such as the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Plants were brought from all over the world and housed in gardens such as James Bateman’s at Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire.
The craze for plant collecting that developed in the nineteenth century catalyzed the return to a more formal style of garden to display the variety of plant species from across the Empire. In this illustrative, comprehensive tome, Frank J. Scott brought the art of beautifying home gardens to suburban homes. He demonstrates the simple means with which beautiful gardens may be achieved on small grounds and with little cost.
- 256 pages
- Hardcover