- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: BBC Books (14 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0563487151
- ISBN-13: 978-0563487159
- Product Dimensions: 27.8 x 21.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 508,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Gardens Through Time tells the history of garden design through the story of the Royal Horticultural Society, from its foundation in 1804 to the present day. The history of British gardens has rarely been tranquil. Architects and horticulturalists invariably come to blows over garden design. This debate, as well as the influx of exquisite plant material from all over the world, keeps gardens vibrant and interesting. The society that started life 200 years ago with 7 well-connected men now serves and educates over 280,000 people. Gardening has bloomed into a GBP3.5 billion-a-year industry. Written by presenters, Jane Owen and Diarmuid Gavin, this is the story of the Society, plants, people, ideas and inventions behind the passion. It concludes with a look at the contemporary garden specially designed by Diarmuid for the TV series. Combines carefully researched historical material with commissioned photography.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an excellent book, written in a warm and simple style.
Enrichingly informative about people, gardening fashion and technical
developments; the social and historic background to the changes in
gardens over the last two centuries makes for a very interesting read; as well as having fascinating pictures there are tables of contemporary events, placed here and there in the text.
Jane Owen is obviously an historian who loves her subject. The
RHS must be delighted at this anniversary commission as am I - enthusiastic amateur gardener!!
Enrichingly informative about people, gardening fashion and technical
developments; the social and historic background to the changes in
gardens over the last two centuries makes for a very interesting read; as well as having fascinating pictures there are tables of contemporary events, placed here and there in the text.
Jane Owen is obviously an historian who loves her subject. The
RHS must be delighted at this anniversary commission as am I - enthusiastic amateur gardener!!
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved this book - incredibly interesting and informative but surprisingly easy to read. A beautifully written book which everyone should own - an excellent present.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As a relatively new convert to gardens and gardeninging, I was given Gardens Through Time by a very experienced horticulturist who said he'd found it informative and inspirational. I quite agree. It's beautifully presented and authoritively, but engagingly, well written. So I was surprised to read omnigadrum's review when I logged on to buy a copy for a friend. His/her comments smack of the snobbery and, dare I say it, spite, that my more learned friends tell me is rife in a small sector of the gardening fraternity. Don't be put off! Gardens Through Time is a wonderful book to own and to give.
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I kept the book!
I bought this book as a present for a friend, after seeing the tv series. Having started to read it, I decided to keep it for myself! Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2005
Barely scratches the surface
An interesting and engaging coffee table book which takes a sanguine look at the English fascination with the garden. Read more
Published on 31 Dec 2004 by Budge Burgess
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