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Author : Jill Hamilton
Publisher : Mercat Press Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scottish Plants for Scottish Gardens written by Jill Hamilton and published by Mercat Press Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Edinburgh: Stationery Office, 1996.
Author : Marilyn Brown (archaeological investigator.)
Publisher : Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scotland's Lost Gardens written by Marilyn Brown (archaeological investigator.) and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales. This book was released on 2012 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Like any art form, they provide an insight into social, political and economic fashions, they intimately reflect the personalities and ideals of the individuals who created them, and they capture the changing fortunes of successive generations of monarchs and noblemen. Yet they remain fragile features of the landscape, easily changed, abandoned or destroyed, leaving little or no trace.In Scotland's Lost Gardens, author Marilyn Brown rediscovers the fascinating stories of the nation's vanished historic gardens. Drawing on varied, rare and newly available archive material, including the cartography of Timothy Pont, a spy map of Holyrood drawn for Henry VIII during the 'Rough Wooing', medieval charters, renaissance poetry, the Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer, and modern aerial photography, a remarkable picture emerges of centuries of lost landscapes.Starting with the monastic gardens of St Columba on the Isle of Iona in the sixth century, and encompassing the pleasure parks of James IV and James V, the royal and noble refuges of Mary Queen of Scots, and the 'King's Knot', the garden masterpiece which lies below Stirling Castle, the history of lost gardens is inextricably linked to the wider history of the nation, from the spread of Christianity to the Reformation and the Union of the Crowns.The product of over 30 years of research, Scotland's Lost Gardens demonstrates how our cultural heritage sits within a wider European movement of shared artistic values and literary influences. Providing a unique perspective on this common past, it is also a fascinating guide to Scotland's disappeared landscapes and sanctuaries - lost gardens laid out many hundreds of years ago 'for the honourable delight of body and soul'.
Author : GREGORY J. KENICER
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 9781780276908
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scottish Plant Lore written by GREGORY J. KENICER and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland's plants define its landscape - from the heather moorlands of its iconic habitats to the weeds and a garden plants of its towns and cities. Plants have shaped the country's domestic economy and culture over centuries, providing resources for agriculture and industry as well as food, drink and medicines. They have even inspired children's games and been used as components in magical charmsDrawing together traditional knowledge from archives and oral histories with the work of some of the country's finest botanical artists, this book is a magnificent celebration of the enormous wealth of Scottish plant lore.
Author : Heather Paul
Publisher : Seven Hills Books
ISBN 13 : 9780114957605
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Download or read book Discovering Scottish Plants written by Heather Paul and published by Seven Hills Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the flowers and trees that grow in Scotland. Find out, season by season, how to identify common Scottish plants, their habitats, uses, folklore and history. Find out about Scottish plant collectors -- intrepid explorers who had many exciting adventures plant hunting in the far-flung corners of the world. Many of the common plants growing in Scottish gardens today were introduced by them.
Author : Kenneth Cox
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781780271897
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)
Download or read book Scotland for Gardeners written by Kenneth Cox and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compact colour guide of the largest survey of Scottish gardens ever mounted and the first such guidebook to all that Scotland can offer garden and plant lovers. Including descriptions of virtually all Scotland's gardens which are open to the public, it recommends when to visit and what to look out for. Gardens are described in a pithy and lively style. Also covered are specialist nurseries, garden centres, wildflower walks, shows, public parks and more. The book includes useful maps showing routes for day trips and short-break tours and is illustrated throughout with full-colour images by Ray Cox. This is the ideal book for the Scot or the tourist who wishes to explore the world of gardens and plants in Scotland.
Author : Catherine Rice
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783276622
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cottage Gardens and Gardeners in the East of Scotland, 1750-1914 written by Catherine Rice and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2021 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pioneering study tells the story of the emergence of rural workers' gardens during a period of unprecedented economic and social change in the most dynamic and prosperous region of Scotland. Much criticised as weed-infested, badly cultivated and disfigured by the dung heap before the cottage door, eighteenth-century cottage gardens produced only the most basic food crops. But the paradox is that Scottish professional gardeners at this time were highly prized and sought after all over the world. And by the eve of the First World War Scottish cottage gardeners were raising flowers, fruit and a wide range of vegetables, and celebrating their successes at innumerable flower shows. This book delves into the lives of farm servants, labourers, weavers, miners and other workers living in the countryside, to discover not only what vegetables, fruit and flowers they grew, and how they did it, but also how poverty, insecurity and long and arduous working days shaped their gardens. Workers' cottage gardens were also expected to comply with the needs of landowners, farmers and employers and with their expectations of the industrious cottager. But not all the gardens were muddy cabbage and potato patches and not all the gardeners were ignorant or unenthusiastic. The book also tells the stories of the keen gardeners who revelled in their pretty plots, raised prize exhibits for village shows and, in a few cases, found gardening to be a stepping-stone to scientific exploration.
Author : Kenneth Cox
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788853539
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)
Download or read book Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland written by Kenneth Cox and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GARDEN MEDIA GUILD PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR Fruit and vegetables have formed a fundamental part of the Scottish diet for thousands of years. This fascinating and practical book explores the history of fruit, vegetable and herb growing in Scotland, and provides a contemporary guide to the best techniques for growing produce, whether in a garden, allotment, patio or window box. Packed with hundreds of colour photographs, drawings and descriptive diagrams, this is a detailed and comprehensive bible for the gardener. In addition to advice on climate and soil conditions, it has contacts for organisations, specialist societies, nurseries and suppliers, as well as a detailed bibliography and list of useful websites. This is an essential reference book for anyone aiming to get the best possible results from their garden produce north of the border.
Author : Kenneth Cox
Publisher : Frances Lincoln
ISBN 13 : 9780711236684
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)
Download or read book Garden Plants for Scotland written by Kenneth Cox and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scotland is one of the best places in the world to garden. Its maritime climate, ample rainfall, and the rarity of severe droughts and really hot weather mean that huge numbers of plants grow well there. But the climate varies considerably - from the colder, wetter, windier mountainous areas to the west coast where tender plants can be grown outdoors all year round - and choosing plants that are suited to the local conditions is critical to success. Kenneth Cox and Raoul Curtis-Machin have evaluated the performance of thousands of plants in gardens all over Scotland, drawing on the knowledge and experience of many gardeners and nurserymen, and in this book they describe - with over 800 photographs - the most reliable shrubs, conifers, trees, fruit and perennials for Scotland. In this book Scottish gardeners will find accurate information and hundreds of great plants ideally suited to where they live.
Author : The Findhorn Community
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1844099547
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Findhorn Garden Story written by The Findhorn Community and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland’s Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living on meager unemployment benefits. Guidance by God and absolute faith in the art of manifestation led the occupants to this unlikely locale to create a magnetic center that would draw people from all over the world. Their discovery of how to contact and cooperate with the nature spirits and devas that made the garden possible sparked a phenomenon that continues today, as Findhorn has grown into a thriving village housing hundreds of people from all over the world and an internationally recognized spiritual-learning center.
Author : William Milliken
Publisher : Birlinn Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781780271699
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)
Download or read book Flora Celtica written by William Milliken and published by Birlinn Limited. This book was released on 2013 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wild plants of the British Isles have been providing essentials for people's lives since mankind first set foot on our shores. Scotland, in particular, has a diverse and colourful plant lore that's as relevant today as it was 500 years ago.
