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  • An A-Z of Animals in the Garden

    by Twigs Way ...
    From alpacas to zebus, crocodiles to wombats, journey through the individual histories of bizarre garden pets and their often bizarre owners. Who would dream of keeping a bear in the summerhouse, or a peccary in the park? Find out why the artist Rossetti favoured a wombat over a zebu, and if hares make good pets for depressed poets.Dr Twigs Way uncovers a secret world where crocodiles lurk in the ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Women in the Garden

    A History of Women in the Garden

    by Twigs Way ...
    From the early misfortunes of Eve, condemning her descendants to a dubious reputation for fruit management, to the acclaimed successes of plant breeders such as the eccentric Ellen Willmott who combined bankruptcy with iris breeding, the fortunes of the female gardener have been as varied as their roles.Telling the tales of the sixteenth-century housewife, who neatly sidestepped accusations of ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Suburban Gardens

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    England is a nation of gardeners and most of us garden in suburbia. A private paradise encompassed by privet, the suburban garden contains in its small compass the hopes and dreams of millions of gardeners past and present. From Victorian shrubberies to the 1980s ‘Good Life’, these small plots reveal the ever-changing aspirations and realities of the suburban dweller. Lauded by estate agents and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Tea Gardens

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    A sunlit lawn, blossom-laden trees, rustic chairs around tables laden with teapots and cakes, the tinkle of teacups and the murmur of conversation – what could be more British than a tea garden? As a nation obsessed with tea drinking and gardening, it is not surprising that the British combined the two. The popularity of tea gardens took hold in London in the eighteenth century, and grew during ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Allotments

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    Allotments are a much-loved part of every British city, town and many villages. At the height of their popularity around the Second World War, allotments were increasingly neglected towards the end of the twentieth century, but are now in the throes of a full-scale revival. Many allotments now have long waiting lists, and allotment keeping has become a fashionable hobby. This book explores the ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • The Edwardian Gardener’s Guide

    For All Garden Lovers

    by Twigs Way ...
    It is Edwardian England, and a delightful flower garden and fruitful allotment are matters of personal pride, boons for the family dinner table, and even 'important acts of local patriotism'.'The Edwardian Gardener's Guide' selects nuggets of wisdom from the best-selling 'One & All' garden books, originally published in 1913. In these short booklets, the foremost agricultural and horticultural ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • The Wartime Garden

    Digging for Victory

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series Book 824 - Shire Library
    This War is a Food War…' In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: 'Dig for Victory' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to 'Spend an Hour with a Hoe' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper classes turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens over ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • The Tudor Garden

    1485–1603

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series Book 720 - Shire Library
    Contrived, colourful and cultured, the Tudor garden was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes and aesthetic effect. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twining plants vying for space with brightly painted woodwork and patterned beds.Renaissance discoveries reared their heads in royal gardens, where gilded and painted heraldic figures mingled with ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Chrysanthemum

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series Book 26 - Botanical
    Drawing its allure from the gold of the sun and the rule of emperors, the chrysanthemum winds its way through ancient Chinese culture into the gardens of French Impressionist painters and onto the pages of American novels. The flower signifies both life and death, as parts of Europe associate it with mourning while others celebrate it for its golden rays that light the autumnal gloom.In this ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Carnation

    by Twigs Way ...
    Series Book 13 - Botanical
    Carnations permeate our culture from the wedding bed to the funeral wreath. Derided in Shakespeare as ‘nature’s bastards’, they challenged the tulip as the florist’s favourite flower, and went on to give their blessing to both a military coup and a Soho night club. Spanning the world from the gardens of the Ottoman Empire to the Mothers’ Day traditions of America via Chinese medicines and French ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

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  • The Arts and Crafts Garden

    by Sarah Rutherford ...
    Series Book 771 - Shire Library
    The Arts and Crafts Movement espoused values of simplicity, craftsmanship and beauty quite counter to Victorian and Edwardian industrialism. Though most famous for its architecture, furniture and ornamental work, between the 1890s and the 1930s the movement also produced gardens all over Britain whose designs, redolent of a lost golden era, had worldwide influence. These designs, by luminaries ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Notes from the Garden: A collection of the best garden writing from the Guardian

    by Ruth Petrie ...
    This charming guide gathers together writings on all aspects of British gardening, from the nineteenth century plant hunters such as 'China' Wilson and the Veitches, who brought seeds and specimens from every corner of the world, to the designers such as Capability Brown and Gertrude Jekyll, who set their mark on gardening styles.In pieces written by the paper's stellar list of gardening ... Read more

    $4.99 USD