Download or read book Diary of a Victorian Gardener written by William Cresswell and published by Historic England Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Cresswell kept a meticulous diary for two years highlighting his work in the extensive gardens at Audley End and his earlier employment in Streatham. His careful record not only gives us a unique insight into the daily tasks and concerns of a journeyman gardener at a great country house, but the diary also provides a glimpse into contemporary events and Cresswell's every day life, from the wooing of his girlfriend to his regular participation in church and village life. The kitchen gardens at Audley End have now been restored in line with Cresswell's description of them in 1874. Combined with a history of the gardens at Audley End, this book will make an ideal gift for anyone interested in gardening and social history.
Download or read book The Victorian Gardener written by Caroline Ikin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of the nineteenth century, gardening came to be considered a respectable profession, providing a means to an education, a good chance of advancement and decent working conditions. The hierarchy of the garden staff became just as regimented as that of domestic servants, and progression was attained by hard work, self-improvement and ambition. Training courses and apprenticeships prepared young gardeners for their trade and horticulture became recognised as a skilled profession, with the head gardener commanding a position of influence and respect and women overcoming social barriers to join their peers on equal terms. This book explores the gardening profession within the complexities of Victorian society and the advances in science and technology that pushed the gardener further into the limelight.
Download or read book A Gardener s Diary written by and published by Lost Elegance Printing and Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant gardener's diary- featuring flower engravings from the 18th century. Contains 160 pages in all - 80 lined pages for taking notes, 60 blank pages decorated with more flower engravings at the edge for sketches and dried flowers and 20 pages with 18th century flowers. The names of the flowers are given the way they were known in 1790.
Download or read book The Victorian Garden written by Caroline Ikin and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardening became a popular pastime in Victorian Britain with the rise of suburban gardens and a passion for the outdoors. New plant introductions from abroad brought a greater variety of plants, while improvements in technology made gardening more accessible. Gardening books and magazines spread the appeal and debate raged over the merits of colour and order versus wild and natural. The large and impressive gardens of country houses were emulated in suburban settings as the appeal of gardens and gardening spread to the masses, while the creation of public parks introduced green spaces to grey cities. As with architecture, Victorian gardens underwent a 'battle of the styles', and an exploration of the period reveals contrasting fashions for garish bedding, ornate Italian terracing, naturalistic planting, cool ferneries, colourful parterres, tranquil Japanese water features, and the occasional eccentric embellishment. The characters involved include such Victorian luminaries as John Loudon, Joseph Paxton and Charles Darwin, alongside the garden designers William Nesfield, Charles Barry and William Robinson, plant hunters Joseph Hooker, Robert Fortune and William Lobb, and the influential women Marianne North, Alicia Amherst and Jane Loudon. The pace of change makes the Victorian era of gardens an exciting time of exotic new plants, fiercely competitive head gardeners, impressive glasshouse engineering, strong personalities and contrasting ideals.
Download or read book The Victorian Gardener written by Anne Wilkinson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted that suitable plants, equipment and information are easily available. This was not always the case. Anne Wilkinson's engaging book recreates the world of amateur Victorian gardeners – those who had no idea how to start gardening, and no information to help them. In the 1860s gardening was mainly the preserve of professionals who worked on large estates, but a new breed of gardeners was emerging – ordinary householders. Their gardens range from country cottage and rectory gardens to urban gardens behind terraced houses. With no help from the professionals – who refused to believe that gardens in towns were a practical possibility – those innovators laid down the foundations for modern amateur gardening as it is today. This book, richly illustrated with images from contemporary magazines and other sources, explores their journey to create their own piece of England's 'green and pleasant land'.
Download or read book Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden written by CW Earle and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the late-19th century, this seasonal memoir records Earle's personal thoughts, advice, recipes and gardening tips. It embodies Earle's passion for country life and nature.
Download or read book At Home in the Garden written by Gail Hamilton and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1995 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delight in the humorous trials and tribulations of a 19th century gardener, whose writing, much like Thoreau, inspires a special enthusiam for the beauty and mystery of nature. Meticulously compiled and beautifully illustrated with images of vintage seed packages and catalogs, the book is perfect for gardeners and lovers of Victoriana. Full-color illustrionas throughout.
Download or read book Scented Victorian Garden Diary written by N. S. Hudson Publishing Services Pty Limited and published by . This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Nature written by Derek Jarman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, 1994.
Download or read book Gardeners Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Garden Diary written by Emily Lawless and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Garden Diary Lawless intersperses an account of a year spent tending to her Surrey garden with philosophical ruminations.
Download or read book Mrs Robinson s Disgrace written by Kate Summerscale and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the married Isabella Robinson was introduced to the dashing Edward Lane at a party in 1850, she was utterly enchanted. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man's charms. But a wish had taken hold of her, and she was to find it hard to shake...In one of the most notorious divorce cases of the nineteenth century, Isabella Robinson's scandalous secrets were exposed to the world. Kate Summerscale brings vividly to life a frustrated Victorian wife's longing for passion and learning, companionship and love, in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality.
Download or read book Beatrix Potter s Gardening Life written by Marta McDowell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richly illustrated and filled with quotations from her books, letters, and journals, Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life is essential reading for all who know and cherish Beatrix Potter and her classic tales.
Download or read book A Diary of an Eighteenth century Garden written by Dion Clayton Calthrop and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Gardener s Year Classic Reprint written by H. Rider Haggard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-05 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Gardener's Year Many a book have I sat down to commence, all of them with a humble heart, but none that I can remember in quite such earnest fear and trembling as this gardener's diary for the year 1903. For more seasons than I care to count I have been a gardener in sundry lands, following that most ancient craft with a single mind, and not, I hope, Without learning some of its mysteries. And yet how much remains to learn, more than ever can be learned by me. My case is not singular, however, and herein lies consolation; at least never yet have I met the man or woman who knew everything about gardening, least of all among those who follow it by profession. These for the most part are good flower-men, or good vegetable-men, or they understand Grapes, or can grow Violets - but fail with Roses and other things. Or per chance, but this is rare, though many there be who swear it, Orchids are their forte. (here I may say at once, speaking as a modest amateur of these last-named lovely plants, rather would I hire a man who had never seen one of them. Of course there are many exceptions, still every grower should pray to be delivered from the new head who understands Orchids. Better far take a novice who is Willing to learn, and train him.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Gardener s Nightcap written by Muriel Stuart and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardener's Nightcap is a gardening manual/anthology.
Download or read book The Diary of a Victorian Lady written by and published by Excellent Press Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delightful Victorian Diary of 23 year-old Adelaide Pountney, who recorded daily life in a series of magical little cameos.
