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The garden : a celebration of one thousand years of British gardening / editor: John Harris; introduction: Hugh Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Mitchell Beazley, in association with New Perspectives Publishing, 1979.Description: 192 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0861340175
  • 9780861340170
  • 0861340167
  • 9780861340163
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB466.G7 G37
Contents:
Introduction / Hugh Johnson -- The medieval garden before 1500 / John Harvey -- The renaissance garden 1500 to 1640 / Roy Strong -- John Evelyn's time 1640 to 1660 / David Jacques -- The formal garden 1660 to 1710 / John Harris -- The landscape garden 1710 to 1730 / David Jacques -- The flower garden 1730 to 1830 / John Harris -- The gardenesque garden 1830 to 1890 / Richard Gorer -- Victorian garden design / Brent Elliott -- The natural garden 1890 to 1910 / Betty Massingham -- English gardens from 1910 to the present day / Russell Page -- Illustrating new introductions / Phyllis Edwards -- The naming of plants / William T. Stearn -- The hunt for new plants / Kenneth Lemmon -- The problems of transporting plants / Ray Desmond -- Nurseries, nurserymen and seedsmen / John Harvey -- Tools of the trade / Kay Sanecki -- English gardening books / Rosemary Verey -- The herb garden / Kay Sanecki -- Physic and botanic gardens Ray Desmond -- Kitchen and vegetable gardens / Joy Larkcom -- The fruit garden / Ann Bonar -- Cottage and suburban gardens / Gillian Darley -- Municipal parks and gardens / Clive Wainwright -- The garden indoors / Clive Wainwright -- Scottish gardens / A. A. Tait -- On the conservation of gardens / Marcus Binney.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468.36.G7 H27 1979b (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800184590
Total holds: 0

Introduction / Hugh Johnson -- The medieval garden before 1500 / John Harvey -- The renaissance garden 1500 to 1640 / Roy Strong -- John Evelyn's time 1640 to 1660 / David Jacques -- The formal garden 1660 to 1710 / John Harris -- The landscape garden 1710 to 1730 / David Jacques -- The flower garden 1730 to 1830 / John Harris -- The gardenesque garden 1830 to 1890 / Richard Gorer -- Victorian garden design / Brent Elliott -- The natural garden 1890 to 1910 / Betty Massingham -- English gardens from 1910 to the present day / Russell Page -- Illustrating new introductions / Phyllis Edwards -- The naming of plants / William T. Stearn -- The hunt for new plants / Kenneth Lemmon -- The problems of transporting plants / Ray Desmond -- Nurseries, nurserymen and seedsmen / John Harvey -- Tools of the trade / Kay Sanecki -- English gardening books / Rosemary Verey -- The herb garden / Kay Sanecki -- Physic and botanic gardens Ray Desmond -- Kitchen and vegetable gardens / Joy Larkcom -- The fruit garden / Ann Bonar -- Cottage and suburban gardens / Gillian Darley -- Municipal parks and gardens / Clive Wainwright -- The garden indoors / Clive Wainwright -- Scottish gardens / A. A. Tait -- On the conservation of gardens / Marcus Binney.

Book of the exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, May 23 to August 26, 1979.

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