TY  - BOOK
AU  - Floud,Roderick
TI  - An economic history of the English garden
SN  - 024123557X
AV  - SB453.3.G7 F56 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - [London]
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Gardening
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - Economic aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. The English garden in 1660 and 2020 -- 2. Gardens and the state -- 3. The great gardens -- 4. Designers -- 5. The nursery trade -- 6. The working gardener -- 7. Technology -- 8. The people's gardens -- 9. Kitchen gardens -- 10. Conclusion
N2  - An Economic History of the English Garden draws on never-seen primary sources to explore how much gardens cost to make and to maintain; how many gardeners tend to particular gardens; the prices of plants sold by nurseries, or imported from far-flung corners of the world; where the plants come from, what tools and techniques were used to create them and how they were invented. The author compares one garden with another in terms of the burden that it has put on the family that has owned it over the centuries. He unearths where their money came from and why they spent it on a garden. The result is a far deeper understanding of one of England's dearest - and indeed costliest - industries
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