The Victorian Garden
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Step into a world of immaculate herbaceous borders, grand glasshouses, and carefully sculpted landscapes — The Victorian Garden by Tom Carter is an authoritative and richly detailed chronicle of one of history's most ambitious and passionate eras of horticulture. Set against the backdrop of Victorian Britain, the book presents the garden not merely as a place of beauty, but as a powerful social institution, reflecting the ambitions, class structures, and scientific curiosity of the age. Carter details the remarkable innovations of the period — from the rise of the public park to the obsessive plant-hunting expeditions that brought exotic flora from the far corners of the Empire to the manicured estates of the English countryside. Carter writes with the authority of a seasoned horticultural historian, weaving together social history, botanical science, and aesthetic theory into a seamless and compelling narrative. The Victorian Garden illuminates how the Victorians transformed gardening into both an art form and a statement of cultural identity, arguing that no period before or since has shaped the English relationship with the land so profoundly. With meticulous research and an evocative eye for period detail, this volume will leave any reader wondering what secrets still lie buried beneath the ivy-clad walls of Britain's forgotten gardens.
Author: Tom Carter
Format: Hardback
Genre: Botany
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Step into a world of immaculate herbaceous borders, grand glasshouses, and carefully sculpted landscapes — The Victorian Garden by Tom Carter is an authoritative and richly detailed chronicle of one of history's most ambitious and passionate eras of horticulture. Set against the backdrop of Victorian Britain, the book presents the garden not merely as a place of beauty, but as a powerful social institution, reflecting the ambitions, class structures, and scientific curiosity of the age. Carter details the remarkable innovations of the period — from the rise of the public park to the obsessive plant-hunting expeditions that brought exotic flora from the far corners of the Empire to the manicured estates of the English countryside. Carter writes with the authority of a seasoned horticultural historian, weaving together social history, botanical science, and aesthetic theory into a seamless and compelling narrative. The Victorian Garden illuminates how the Victorians transformed gardening into both an art form and a statement of cultural identity, arguing that no period before or since has shaped the English relationship with the land so profoundly. With meticulous research and an evocative eye for period detail, this volume will leave any reader wondering what secrets still lie buried beneath the ivy-clad walls of Britain's forgotten gardens.