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The Victorian Garden (Paperback)
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The Victorian Garden (Paperback)
Series: Shire Library
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List price R313
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Discovery Miles 2 740
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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.
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