The Victorian Garden by Caroline Ikin

The Victorian Garden by Caroline Ikin

Gardening became a popular pastime in Victorian Britain with the rise of suburban gardens, and improvements in technology made gardening more accessible to amateurs. New introductions from abroad brought a greater variety of plants, leading to fashions for massed bedding, exotic glasshouse displays, rock gardens and rhododendrons. The large and prestigious gardens of country houses were emulated in suburban settings as gardening spread to the masses, and the creation of public parks introduced green spaces to grey cities. Caroline Ikin here explores the many aspects of Victorian gardens and gardening and introduces some of the most influential people of the age, including Joseph Paxton, John Loudon and Gertrude Jekyll.

Caroline Ikin is a writer and historian specialising in the Victorian era. She has studied History of Art and Garden History, and has worked for the National Trust.

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ISBN 13	9780747811527
ISBN 10	0747811520
Title	The Victorian Garden
Author	Caroline Ikin
Series	Shire Library
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2012-07-10
Number of pages	112
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