Women and Their Gardens - A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today (Electronic book text)

From the golden age in English history to todayOCOs gardeners and designers, this volume recognizes womenOCOs contributions to gardening in Britain and around the worldaspanning 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 pioneersOCO 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 withagarden design, plant collecting, flower arranging, botanical art, garden writing, and education. a"