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'Delights at every turn... few can match his effortless essay style.' The Field
Until comparatively recently the average English garden was thought to be incomplete without its area of mown grass, albeit sometimes coarse, mossy or small. The cultivator and tender of this patch was usually male, and often obsessed with his self appointed task and the machinery it required. Fort here explores the origins of the pre-eminent place of the lawn in the traditional English garden. The idea of the lawn was known to Chaucer and 'by the turn of the 16th century the cultured Englishman's appreciation of how to express himself included the concept of...cultivated grass.' The Victorian age saw the inexorable rise in popularity of the lawn, helped by the appearence of the lawnmower. By the third quarter of the 19th century there were mowers to suit all the requirements of the emerging middle classes. Fort also goes in search of those extant though fogyish social types 'lawnman' and 'mowerman'. This is an erudite and witty look into one of the byways of the history of gardening. In no way a 'how to' book, this is a welcome pause in the torrent of literature insisting on action and makeover. Sit back and enjoy it. (Kirkus UK)
Until comparatively recently the average English garden was thought to be incomplete without its area of mown grass, albeit sometimes coarse, mossy or small. The cultivator and tender of this patch was usually male, and often obsessed with his self appointed task and the machinery it required. Fort here explores the origins of the pre-eminent place of the lawn in the traditional English garden. The idea of the lawn was known to Chaucer and 'by the turn of the 16th century the cultured Englishman's appreciation of how to express himself included the concept of...cultivated grass.' The Victorian age saw the inexorable rise in popularity of the lawn, helped by the appearence of the lawnmower. By the third quarter of the 19th century there were mowers to suit all the requirements of the emerging middle classes. Fort also goes in search of those extant though fogyish social types 'lawnman' and 'mowerman'. This is an erudite and witty look into one of the byways of the history of gardening. In no way a 'how to' book, this is a welcome pause in the torrent of literature insisting on action and makeover. Sit back and enjoy it. (Kirkus UK)
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In this text, Tom Fort traces the history of lawns from the first mention (Henry III) through famous lawns to the present day, interspersed with his own efforts over the year of the book in creating the perfect lawn. The English are universally acknowledged to be the lawn creators, coming up with most of the games based on grass, as well as the original grass-cutting machines. The inventor, Edwin Budding, is one of the heroes of the book. Another interesting aspect of grass is that it is almost entirely a male concern. Tom Fort's delightful book is an examination of the psychology of the lawnmower, and includes interviews with key obsessive lawnmakers of today.
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