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Title: The Classic Guide to Gardening
Condition: New
Author: Frank J. Scott
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
ISBN-10: 144565170X
EAN: 9781445651705
ISBN: 9781445651705
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Genre: History
Topic: Home Garden & Pets
Release Date: 15/04/2016
Description: The Victorian age, the age of industrial revolution and expansion of cities, was also the age of an explosion of interest in the practice of gardening. This was not merely a private pastime. For the first time, a concerted effort was made throughout Britain to provide extensive gardens for the public to enjoy. More than merely an aesthetic enterprise, the development of public gardens attempted to promote benevolent behaviour and decrease social unrest. It was during this period that we saw the creation of infamous and elaborate gardens such as the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, and plants were brought from all around the world and housed in gardens such as James Bateman’s at Biddulph Grange, Staffordshire.The craze for plant collecting that developed in the nineteenth century catalysed the return to a more formal style of garden to display the variety of plant species from across the Empire. In this illustrative comprehensive tome, Frank J. Scott brought the art of beautifying home gardens to suburban homes. He demonstrates the simple means with which beautiful gardens may be achieved on small grounds and with little cost.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 124mm
Item Weight: 328g
Book Series: Classic Guide to ...
Release Year: 2016

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