Gardens for Gloriana : wealth, splendour and design in the Elizabethan garden /
Whitaker, Jane (Garden history consultant),
Gardens for Gloriana : wealth, splendour and design in the Elizabethan garden / Jane Whitaker. - xxiv, 307 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index.
"The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age. Complementing the great houses of the day, they reflected the aspirations of their owners, whose greatest desire was to achieve success at Court and to delight the Queen. No leading courtier would be without his great house, no great house was complete without its garden. In this richly illustrated work, Jane Whitaker explores these gems of Elizabethan England, focusing on the gardens of the Queen and her leading courtiers. Drawing on the cultural and horticultural sources of the day, as well as evidence surviving on the ground, she recreates these lost gardens, revealing both the rich and Renaissance culture that underlay them and the sumptuous world of the Elizabethan aristocracy. The result is an evocation of one of the most opulent reigns in English history and an entertaining and informative study of one of the most interesting periods of garden history."--from Publisher
9781788311199 1788311191
GBB9B7573 bnb
019454671 Uk
Historic gardens--England.
Gardens--History--England--16th century.
Gardens--Design--History--16th century.
SB466.G7 / W45 2019
Gardens for Gloriana : wealth, splendour and design in the Elizabethan garden / Jane Whitaker. - xxiv, 307 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index.
"The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age. Complementing the great houses of the day, they reflected the aspirations of their owners, whose greatest desire was to achieve success at Court and to delight the Queen. No leading courtier would be without his great house, no great house was complete without its garden. In this richly illustrated work, Jane Whitaker explores these gems of Elizabethan England, focusing on the gardens of the Queen and her leading courtiers. Drawing on the cultural and horticultural sources of the day, as well as evidence surviving on the ground, she recreates these lost gardens, revealing both the rich and Renaissance culture that underlay them and the sumptuous world of the Elizabethan aristocracy. The result is an evocation of one of the most opulent reigns in English history and an entertaining and informative study of one of the most interesting periods of garden history."--from Publisher
9781788311199 1788311191
GBB9B7573 bnb
019454671 Uk
Historic gardens--England.
Gardens--History--England--16th century.
Gardens--Design--History--16th century.
SB466.G7 / W45 2019