TY  - BOOK
AU  - Whitaker,Jane
TI  - Gardens for Gloriana: wealth, splendour and design in the Elizabethan garden 
SN  - 9781788311199
AV  - SB466.G7 W45 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London, UK, New York, NY, USA
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Historic gardens
KW  - England
KW  - Gardens
KW  - History
KW  - 16th century
KW  - Design
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index
N2  - "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
ER  -