The Golden Age of the Garden
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The Golden Age of the Garden

A Miscellany

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eBook - ePub

The Golden Age of the Garden

A Miscellany

About this book

The relationship between England and its gardens might be described as a love affair; gardening is a national passion, rooted in history. The e18th century is often called the Golden Age of English gardening; as the fashion for formal pleasure grounds for the wealthy faded, a new era began, filled with picturesque vistas inspired by nature. Charting the transformation in English landscapes through the 18th and 19th centuries, The Golden Age of the Garden brings the voices of the past alive in newspaper reports, letters, diaries, books, essays and travelogues, offering contemporary gardening advice, principles of design, reflections on nature, landscape and plants, and a unique perspective on the origins of the English fascination with gardens. Exploring the different styles, techniques and innovations, and the creation of many of the stunning spaces that visitors still flock to see today, this is an evocative and rewarding collection for all gardeners and garden-lovers seeking insight, ideas and surprises.

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Information

Publisher
Elliott & Thompson
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781783963218
Edition
0
Topic
Biological Sciences
Subtopic
Horticulture
Index
Biological Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Introduction
  4. Walpole on the perfection of English gardens
  5. On the joy of the English garden
  6. Rousseau on the perfect garden
  7. On what makes a good gardener
  8. On the importance of gardening
  9. Price on the changing fashions in gardening
  10. Moving on from the formal garden
  11. General principles of ornamental gardening
  12. Walpole on Kent and his contribution to the natural English garden
  13. Catherine the Great on English gardens
  14. A taste for gardening
  15. On the disposition of a garden
  16. In praise of gardening
  17. On Stowe
  18. Price on the English tradition of laying out gardens
  19. Scott on the English garden
  20. On garden composition
  21. Pope on an idealised English scene
  22. Repton on the art of landscape gardening
  23. Gilpin on art and landscape
  24. Price’s definition of picturesque
  25. The Landskip
  26. Whately on Painshill
  27. Repton on landscape gardening as compared to ancient gardening
  28. Adams on visiting English gardens
  29. Walpole on the history of the garden
  30. Price on his hopes for English gardening
  31. On landscape gardening
  32. On gardening jobs for January
  33. On the faults of the English garden
  34. Addison on nature and art
  35. On the best months to visit English gardens
  36. On modern gardens
  37. Repton on sameness
  38. On the Leasowes
  39. On parterres
  40. Artistic combinations in flower gardening
  41. On the prevailing style of laying out grounds in England
  42. A letter on Hagley
  43. On the skill of good gardeners
  44. On gardening jobs for February
  45. On landscape (or landskip)
  46. On the artificial rock work at Stowe
  47. On women and gardening
  48. The beautiful in ground-surface
  49. Repton on contrasts
  50. On the situation of a kitchen garden
  51. On the placing of statues
  52. Brown on laying out a garden
  53. On the formation of the flower garden
  54. On the colour of trees
  55. In praise of Brown
  56. Price on Brown
  57. On gardening jobs for March
  58. Whately on picturesque scenes, differences for painters and gardeners
  59. Repton on the distinction between painting and gardening
  60. Price on what makes a good landscape
  61. Knight in reply to Price on the picturesque
  62. Gilpin on Blenheim
  63. On small gardens
  64. Repton on naming landscape gardening
  65. Walpole on the natural garden
  66. On a beautiful rural garden
  67. On planting the flower garden
  68. On the situation of a pleasure garden
  69. On statues
  70. On gardening jobs for April
  71. Observations on water as regards ornamental scenery
  72. On the design of a rural garden
  73. Walpole on the development of ha-has
  74. On ruins etc
  75. Repton on Cobham Hall
  76. Thoughts on planting rock-work
  77. Jefferson on English gardens
  78. On planting
  79. On the division of a pleasure garden
  80. On springs and water-works
  81. On maintaining water features
  82. Price on the picturesque in water
  83. On gardening jobs for May
  84. Defoe on Chatsworth
  85. On the pleasure ground and flower garden
  86. Planting sweet-smelling flowers
  87. On gardening
  88. On flower maintenance
  89. On gravel
  90. On shrubberies
  91. On planting the shrubbery
  92. On where gardeners should live
  93. On symmetry
  94. Of the general culture and management of the flower-garden and shrubbery
  95. Creating shady walks of trees
  96. Price on the picturesque in trees
  97. On gardening jobs for June
  98. Gilpin on the Leasowes
  99. The character of oaks
  100. Repton on the position of the kitchen garden
  101. On planting groves
  102. Of rural and extensive gardening
  103. Repton on the fashion of planting drives
  104. General directions for creating a rural garden
  105. Beauty and character in the garden
  106. Price on Brown’s made water
  107. Repton on planting trees
  108. A letter on the Leasowes
  109. On gardening jobs for July
  110. Repton on the avenue
  111. On fir trees
  112. On the summer management of grass lawns
  113. Price on avenues
  114. On the gardens at Stowe
  115. Creating serpentine walks
  116. Gilpin on Studley
  117. On fountains
  118. On gardening jobs for August
  119. On Blenheim Palace
  120. A letter on the beauties of Hagley
  121. On creating variety in planting
  122. On borders
  123. Walpole on views and prospects
  124. On cultivating a collection of grasses in pleasure-grounds or flower-gardens
  125. Repton on Woburn
  126. On straight lines
  127. A description of Brown’s working method
  128. On garden design for a country seat
  129. On Chatsworth
  130. On gardening jobs for September
  131. On the character of the ground
  132. Monthly calendar for the flower garden
  133. The Rotunda at Stowe
  134. On novelty in the garden
  135. On gardenesque style
  136. Whately on Stowe
  137. On fences near the house
  138. Remarks on the effect of the cedar of Lebanon, in landscape
  139. On the order of planting trees in the pleasure ground
  140. On laying out a suburban garden
  141. On avenues
  142. On gardening jobs for October
  143. On the Belvidere at Stowe
  144. Definitions of tree planting
  145. Remarks on the effect of the Lombardy poplar in park scenery
  146. On water
  147. Repton on moving objects
  148. Price on the intricacy of varied ground
  149. On designing a pleasure garden
  150. On the construction of a moderate hot-bed for tender annual flowers
  151. To prevent slugs, or snails, from destroying a crop, or any favourite plants in the garden
  152. On wildernesses
  153. In praise of Stowe
  154. On gardening jobs for November
  155. On the ornamented cottage garden
  156. The pleasure ground
  157. On elegance and Painshill
  158. On Chatsworth
  159. How to plant a great variety of trees and shrubs
  160. On the wild garden at Tew Park
  161. On gardening jobs for December
  162. Mason on Brown
  163. A poem in praise of the English Garden
  164. Loudon on the joys of gardening
  165. A final word
  166. Index
  167. Copyright