A Garden of Pleasant Flowers

A Garden of Pleasant Flowers
Author: John Parkinson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1991
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Complete republication of first (1629) great book on England Elizabethan and Jacobean gardens. Remarkably accurate and delightful account describes nearly 1,000 flowers, herbs, vegetables and fruit trees. Includes over 800 woodcuts, Latin and familiar plant names, physical description and indication of plant origins, and much more.

Nature's Alchemist

Nature's Alchemist
Author: Anna Parkinson
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Botanists
ISBN: 9780711227675

This lively biography is a worthy tribute to an outstanding gardener and also throws fresh light on an extraordinary period in British history.

Women and Their Gardens

Women and Their Gardens
Author: Catherine Horwood
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2012-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1613743408

From the golden age in English history to today s gardeners and designers, this volume recognizes women s contributions to gardening in Britain and around the worldspanning more than four centuries. Despite growing vegetables for their kitchens, tending herbs for their medicine cupboards, and teaching other women about the craft before agricultural schools officially existed, women have been mere footnotes in the horticultural annals for specimens collected abroad. These pioneers influence on the style of gardens in the present day is illustrated here in a style both accessible and scholarly. Presenting a rare bouquet, this collection shares the stories of more than 200 women who have been involved withgarden design, plant collecting, flower arranging, botanical art, garden writing, and education."

Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris

Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris
Author: Dr John Parkinson
Publisher: Arkose Press
Total Pages: 652
Release: 2015-10-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781345111323

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Worlds of Natural History

Worlds of Natural History
Author: Helen Anne Curry
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 683
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 131651031X

Explores the development of natural history since the Renaissance and contextualizes current discussions of biodiversity.