Gardening across the pond : Anglo-American exchanges from the settlers in Virginia to prairie gardens in England / Richard Bisgrove.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bisgrove, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardening--United States--History.

Gardening.

Gardening--England--History.

Botanists--United States--History.

Botanists.

Botanists--England--History.

Plant collectors--History.

Plant collectors.

History.

United States--Relations--Great Britain.

United States.

Relations.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Relations--United States.

International relations.

England.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

208 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[London] : Pimpernel Press Limited, 2018.

Summary:

"For four hundred years there has been a special relationship in many aspects of life between Britain and what is now the United States of America, not least in gardening. From the early settlers taking their familiar English plants to the New World and early plant-hunters bringing back exciting new plants for English gardens, to the twenty-first-century English infatuation with 'prairie gardening', ideas and plants have been crossing and re-crossing the Atlantic. In Gardening Across the Pond, Richard Bisgrove explores four centuries of translantic influences, from the Tradescants plant-hunting in seventeenth century Virginia, to the prairie landscapes of the 2012 London Olympic Park, and attempts to answer that thorny question - is the English cottage garden an American invention?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The seventeenth century and the Tradescants p. 12

2 A new king and a firm foothold p. 16

3 A catalogue of plants and a revolution p. 21

4 An English paradise p. 25

5 An American Eden p. 33

6 Another revolution p. 40

7 A collector extraordinary p. 45

8 The Gardenesque p. 53

9 An American treatise p. 60

10 Arts and Grafts p. 74

11 An American invasion p. 91

12 A love triangle: America, England and the Mediterranean p. 103

13 Women in the garden p. 106

14 The modern garden and a better life for all p. 114

15 After modernism: An age of conservation p. 126

16 Anew triangle: America, England and the northern European mainland p. 133

17 A fair exchange p. 143

18 A southern belle in England p. 155

19 Botanic gardens p. 160

20 Professional parallels p. 172

21 The public park revisited p. 176

22 A sense of community p. 184.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781910258248

1910258245

OCLC:

1060193057