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In this sumptuous survey, Penelope Hobhouse--distinguished plantswoman, garden designer, and historian--presents a definitive history of gardens and gardening, exploring the evolution of the Western model and the historical factors that have created the modern idea of gardening as both popular pastime and art form. Against this backdrop, Hobhouse focuses on the plants themselves--the raw materials of the garden maker's art. Opulently illustrated with 375 paintings, illuminated manuscripts, botanical drawings, and frescoes, as well as period and contemporary photographs, this is a classic work that will be consulted for years to come.
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Penelope Hobhouse is internationally respected as a gardening expert. Her other books include The National Trust Book of Gardening, Garden Style and Flower Gardens and the National Trust Book of Borders.
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"Penelope Hobhouse's book is festooned with grand ideas. In Plants in Garden History, Hobhouse addresses design theory and the succession of styles, but her real concern is at ground level, among the foliage and inflorescences of the plants themselves. As a result, Plants in Garden History is an unusually informative and accessible history for practicing gardeners."
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 336 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-326) and index. Contents; The origins of gardening in the West -- The gardens of Islam -- The Medieval gardens of Christendom -- Botanists, plantsmen and gardeners of Renaissance Europe -- The origin and development of French formality -- The eighteenth-century English landscape -- Expansion and experiment in the nineteenth century -- The development of North American horticulture -- Twentieth century: conservation of plants in gardening. Subjects; Plants, Ornamental History. Gardening History. Landscape architecture History. Ornamental horticulture. Gardens. Vernacular names. Garden design. Plant origins. Garden fauna. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 401410
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