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Author : Catherine Hamilton
Publisher : Collins & Brown
ISBN 13 : 9781855853348
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)
Download or read book England Is a Garden written by Catherine Hamilton and published by Collins & Brown. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Julia Kelly
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982107847
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Last Garden in England written by Julia Kelly and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the international bestsellers The Light Over London and The Whispers of War comes “a compelling read, filled with lovable characters and an alluring twist of fates” (Ellen Keith, author of The Dutch Wife) about five women living across three different times whose lives are all connected by one very special garden. Present day: Emma Lovett, who has dedicated her career to breathing new life into long-neglected gardens, has just been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to restore the gardens of the famed Highbury House estate, designed in 1907 by her hero Venetia Smith. But as Emma dives deeper into the gardens’ past, she begins to uncover secrets that have long lain hidden. 1907: A talented artist with a growing reputation for her work, Venetia Smith has carved out a niche for herself as a garden designer to industrialists, solicitors, and bankers looking to show off their wealth with sumptuous country houses. When she is hired to design the gardens of Highbury House, she is determined to make them a triumph, but the gardens—and the people she meets—promise to change her life forever. 1944: When land girl Beth Pedley arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she wants is to find a place she can call home. Cook Stella Adderton, on the other hand, is desperate to leave Highbury House to pursue her own dreams. And widow Diana Symonds, the mistress of the grand house, is anxiously trying to cling to her pre-war life now that her home has been requisitioned and transformed into a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. But when war threatens Highbury House’s treasured gardens, these three very different women are drawn together by a secret that will last for decades. “Gorgeously written and rooted in meticulous period detail, this novel is vibrant as it is stirring. Fans of historical fiction will fall in love with The Last Garden in England” (Roxanne Veletzos, author of The Girl They Left Behind).
Author : Robin Whiteman
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780297835240
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Garden of England written by Robin Whiteman and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1996-05-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kent is traditionally known as the Garden of England, but the term could just as easily apply to Sussex and Surrey, for in addition to hopgardens, orchards and vineyards the region boasts some of the country's greatest gardens, such as Sissinghurst, Nymans, Sheffield Park and Wisley. Also found here, within easy reach of London and the coast, are romantic ruins like Bodiam and Scotney, great cathedral cities like Canterbury and Chichester, magnificent castles like Hever, Leeds and Arundel, princely residences like the Royal Pavilion at Brighton and historic houses like Chartwell and Bateman's -- all set in England's most fruitful countryside. Book jacket.
Author : Roderick Floud
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1101871032
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)
Download or read book England's Magnificent Gardens written by Roderick Floud and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An altogether different kind of book on English gardens—the first of its kind—a look at the history of England’s magnificent gardens as a history of Britain itself, from the seventeenth-century gardens of Charles II to those of Prince Charles today. In this rich, revelatory history, Sir Roderick Floud, one of Britain’s preeminent economic historians, writes that gardens have been created in Britain since Roman times but that their true growth began in the seventeenth century; by the eighteenth century, nurseries in London took up 100 acres, with ten million plants (!) that were worth more than all of the nurseries in France combined. Floud’s book takes us through more than three centuries of English history as he writes of the kings, queens, and princes whose garden obsessions changed the landscape of England itself, from Stuart, Georgian, and Victorian England to today’s Windsors. Here are William and Mary, who brought Dutch gardens and bulbs to Britain; William, who twice had his entire garden lowered in order to see the river from his apartments; and his successor, Queen Anne, who, like many others since, vowed to spend little on her gardens and instead spent millions. Floud also writes of Frederick, Prince of Wales, the founder of Kew Gardens, who spent more than $40,000 on a single twenty-five-foot tulip tree for Carlton House; Queen Victoria, who built the largest, most advanced and most efficient kitchen garden in Britain; and Prince Charles, who created and designed the gardens of Highgrove, inspired by his boyhood memories of his grandmother’s gardens. We see Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, who created a magnificent garden at Blenheim Palace, only to tear it apart and build a greater one; Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire, the savior of Chatsworth’s 100-acre garden in the midst of its 35,000 acres; and the gardens of lesser mortals, among them Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West, both notable garden designers and writers. We see the designers of royal estates—among them, Henry Wise, William Kent, Humphrey Repton, and the greatest of all English gardeners, “Capability” Brown, who created the 150-acre lake of Blenheim Palace, earned millions annually, and designed more than 170 parks, many still in existence today. We learn how gardening became a major catalyst for innovation (central heating came from experiments to heat greenhouses with hot-water pipes); how the new iron industry of industrializing Britain supplied a myriad of tools (mowers, pumps, and the boilers that heated the greenhouses); and, finally, Floud explores how gardening became an enormous industry as well as an art form in Britain, and by the nineteenth century was unrivaled anywhere in the world.
Author : Catherine Hamilton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946495559
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)
Download or read book England is a Garden written by Catherine Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finely-detailed pencil sketches provide the perfect complement to delicate brushwork in this celebration of England's flowers and gardens.
Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 9 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Glory of the Garden written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 192? with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text of poem first published in A History of England by C.R.L. Fletcher and Rudyard Kipling (London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 1911).
Author : George Plumptre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858946023
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Gardens of England written by George Plumptre and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In England, garden-visiting is a national obsessions. More than 80 years ago, the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) was founded with the aim of raising money for charity by opening gardens of interest to the public. This book gives you the opportunity to enjoy 50 of the country's greatest gardens from the comfort of your armchair.
Author : Barbara Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858945118
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dream Gardens of England written by Barbara Baker and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream Gardens of England is a beautifully designed, inspirational sourcebook celebrating 100 gardens of all sizes and styles from across the country. From Yorkshire to Cornwall, and from Kent to Gloucestershire; from a tiny tropical paradise in the centre of Norwich to a large, spectacularly landscaped estate in the Gloucestershire countryside: the selection is wonderfully varied, and the skill and dedication of the designers and owners simply breathtaking. -- Jacket.
Author : Marcus Harpur
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 1781011885
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)
Download or read book The English Country House Garden written by Marcus Harpur and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place, a getaway from working life. A pergola, a sundial, a croquet lawn, a herbaceous border of soft planting; here is a space to wander and relax, to share secrets, and above all to enjoy afternoon tea. But even the most peaceful of gardens also take passion and hard work to create. The English Country House Garden takes a fresh look at the English country house garden, starting with the owners and the stories behind the making of the gardens. Glorious photographs capture the gardens at their finest moments through the seasons, and a sparkling and erudite text presents twenty-five gardens - some grand, some personal, some celebrated, some never-before-photographed - to explore why this garden style has been so very enduring and influential. From the Victorian grandeur of Tyntesfield and Cragside, to the Arts & Crafts simplicity of Rodmarton Manor and Charleston; from Scampston, in the same family since the 17th century, to new gardens by Dan Pearson and Tom Stuart-Smith; and with favourites such as Hidcote and Great Dixter alongside new discoveries, this book will be a delicious treat for garden-lovers.
Author : Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield
Publisher : London : Macmillan and Company, limited ; New York : The Macmillan Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Formal Garden in England written by Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield and published by London : Macmillan and Company, limited ; New York : The Macmillan Company. This book was released on 1901 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
