Making of the English Gardener Willes Margaret
Making of the English Gardener Willes Margaret The people and publications at the root of a national obsessionIn the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a…
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Making of the English Gardener Willes Margaret
The people and publications at the root of a national obsessionIn the century between the accession of Elizabeth I and the restoration of Charles II, a horticultural revolution took place in England, making it a leading player in the European horticultural game. Packed with illustrations from the herbals, design treatises, and practical manuals that inspired these men--and occasionally Ideas were exchanged across networks of gardeners, botanists, scholars, and courtiers, and the burgeoning vernacular book trade spread this new knowledge still further--reaching even the growing number of gardeners furnishing their more modest plots across the verdant nation and its young colonies in the Americas.Margaret Willes introduces a plethora of garden enthusiasts, from the renowned to the legions of anonymous workers who created and tended the great estates.