Author : Edith L. Chamberlain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 2017-06-29
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1108076629
This 1892 book by two little-known authors combines descriptions of gardens and gardening with historical and literary references.
Author : Catherine Horwood
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 2012-04
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 1613743408
From the golden age in English history to today s gardeners and designers, this volume recognizes women s contributions to gardening in Britain and around the worldspanning more than four centuries. Despite growing vegetables for their kitchens, tending herbs for their medicine cupboards, and teaching other women about the craft before agricultural schools officially existed, women have been mere footnotes in the horticultural annals for specimens collected abroad. These pioneers influence on the style of gardens in the present day is illustrated here in a style both accessible and scholarly. Presenting a rare bouquet, this collection shares the stories of more than 200 women who have been involved withgarden design, plant collecting, flower arranging, botanical art, garden writing, and education."
Author : Richard Marsh
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,29 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Spirit
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Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,71 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Sarah Dewis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 2024-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1003851061
This collection brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening across the long nineteenth-century. Economic expansion, empire, the growth of the middle classes and suburbia, the changing role of women and the professionalisation of gardening, alongside industrialisation and the development of leisure and mass markets were all elements that contributed to and were influenced by the evolution of gardens. It is a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary and this set provides the reader with a variety of ways in which to read gardens – through recognition of how they were conceived and experienced as they developed. Material is primarily derived from Britain, with Europe, USA, Australia, India, China and Japan also featuring, and sources include the gardening press, the broader press, government papers, book excerpts and some previously unpublished material.
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Page : 856 pages
File Size : 13,20 MB
Release : 1887
Category : Gardening
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Author : Richard Marsh
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 1893
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Author : Lotte Jeffs
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1788401611
* 'This is brilliant and timely' Elizabeth Day 'Part memoir, part manual - this is the type of book every modern woman can take something from' Grazia Learn to navigate the harshness of life with soft power. In her debut book, Lotte Jeffs weaves powerful life experience with practical advice and a psychological deep-dive into what truly constitutes an emotionally rich and meaningful existence. She speaks to everyone from agony aunts and archaeologists, to pop stars and novelists, to explore a diverse picture of what it is to truly live life well. How to be a Gentlewoman will teach you how to slow down, lean out, recognize good relationships and let go of the bad, create a space you love, find your people and construct a happy and 'joined up' sense of yourself. The gentle antidote to a brutal world. For fans of Dolly Alderton's Everything I Know About Love and Elizabeth Day's How to Fail.
Author : William Swan Sonnenschein
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Page : 876 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 1895
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Author : Dr Twigs Way
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 075249578X
From the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the fortunes of the female gardener have been as varied as their roles. Telling the tales of the sixteenth-century housewife, who neatly sidestepped accusations of herbal witchcraft while working her plot, and the unconventional Ladies of Llangollen, who eloped together and created their gothic garden and many other women besides, A History of Women in the Garden showcases female horticulturists through the centuries. An enlightening and entertaining read that will allow the reader to gain fresh enthusiasm for even the most menial of garden tasks, and realise that hundreds of women have trod the garden path before.
