Lady Gardeners : Seeds, Roots, Propagation, from England to the Wider World
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| Autore: |
Orestano Francesca
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| Titolo: |
Lady Gardeners : Seeds, Roots, Propagation, from England to the Wider World
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2023 |
| ©2023 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (182 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 635.909 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gardening - History |
| Women gardeners | |
| Altri autori: |
VickersMichael
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| Nota di contenuto: | Front Matter(pp. ) -- Table of Contents(pp. i-vi) -- Introduction: Lady Gardeners, from England to the wider world(pp. vii-xiv) -- Chapter 1 The Eighteenth Century: three princesses at Kew Gardens(pp. 1-15) -- Chapter 2 Dorothy Wordsworth: a Romantic garden in the Lake District(pp. 16-25) -- Chapter 3 Jane Loudon, notes on gardening for Victorian ladies(pp. 26-38) -- Chapter 4 Marianne North, the world is a garden to paint(pp. 39-51) -- Chapter 5 Children and Gardens by Gertrude Jekyll: training young gardeners(pp. 52-64) -- Chapter 6 Beatrix Potter, playful and scientific illustrations. From Peter Rabbit to landscape conservation(pp. 65-75) -- Chapter 7 Garden and Landscape in North America: Beatrix Farrand's inscription of Eden in the wilderness of the New World(pp. 76-87) -- Chapter 8 Vita Sackville-West: a garden that looks like home, from Knole to Sissinghurst(pp. 88-99) -- Chapter 9 Edna Walling and her gardening work, or 'the happiest days of my life'(pp. 100-113) -- Chapter 10 History, design, vision: Sylvia Crowe(pp. 114-124) -- Chapter 11 The adventure of an exotic species: Maria Teresa Parpagliolo Shephard(pp. 125-136) -- Chapter 12 Rosemary Verey: re-reading English history in the modern garden(pp. 137-150) -- Chapter 13 Beth Chatto: going along with the environment, or 'the right plant for the right place'(pp. 151-164). |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The Lady Gardeners are those women who, from the eighteenth century to the present day, have been working in a garden, from imagining and creating it, to sowing, planting, pruning, painting and photographing plants, and moving from garden design to more urgent themes such as landscape conservation and environmental issues. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Lady Gardeners |
| ISBN: | 9781803275901 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910915699203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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