Author : Jennifer Davies
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 1991-01
Category : Chilton Gardens (England)
ISBN : 9780563360735
Published to coincide with a BBC2 series starting in October 1991, this is a successor to the author's The Victorian Kitchen Garden and The Victorian Kitchen. It tells the stories behind flowers which Victorians grew and loved, and with the help of retired head gardener Harry Dodson explains how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated and used.
Author : Jennifer Davies Staff
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 1995-11-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780140253429
Author : Stefan Buczacki
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 17,61 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780004122441
Author : Jennifer Davies
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Chilton Gardens (England)
ISBN : 9780563362821
Behind high redbrick walls at Chilton Foliat in Berkshire lies an extraordinary example of a traditional Victorian kitchen garden. This book traces its recent restoration from a neglected patch of weed-choked ground into a productive and well-ordered plot, cultivated with the use of Victorian tools and techniques and planted with 19th-century varieties of flowers, fruit and vegetables. The garden reflects the characteristics of the era - the inventiveness and interest in science, the constant quest for improvement and the strict social hierarchy.
Author : Mandy Kirkby
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 11,56 MB
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0345532864
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.” Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 21,94 MB
Release : 2016-11-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780993073960
Based on a list of over 300 plants in a 19th century Floral Dictionary, this book looks at how each was grown in the Victorian garden, as well as its various language-of-flowers meanings. It includes facts & anecdotes on the uses, folklore and names of each plant, together with quotes from some of the foremost gardening writers of the Victorian era
Author : Beth Cody
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2019-10-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781733842105
There's something about vintage garden photos: preserved moments of beauty from gardens long gone. Iowa Gardens of the Past features 300+ color and grayscale images of beautiful Iowa gardens, together with lovely seed catalog art, from the mid-nineteenth century through 1980. From impressive mansion grounds to humble flower-filled farmsteads, they include: Victorian-style flower bedding; formal rose gardens; exotic Japanese-style gardens; midcentury modern landscaping. Discover how Iowans coped with severe weather events, economic depressions, world wars, grasshopper plagues and Dutch Elm Disease. Despite these challenges, Iowans have made countless gardens of great beauty. Now these gardens can be admired and enjoyed once again, in these hauntingly beautiful images of Iowa Gardens of the Past.
Author : Stefan Buczacki
Publisher : Grove Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 38,64 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781555842857
Describes Victorian gardening techniques, looks at how bedding plants, borders, roses, and shrubs were used, and includes a list of Victorian favorites.
Author : William Robinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 719 pages
File Size : 20,61 MB
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1108037127
This 1883 best-selling gardening book revolutionised garden design in later Victorian England, advocating a more natural style.
Author : Geoffrey Taylor (Author of "The Emerald Isle".)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,10 MB
Release : 1952
Category :
ISBN :
