{"product_id":"9781784740313","title":"A Little History of British Gardening","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Uglow, Jenny, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 06\/04\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 384 pages, 80,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Chatto \u0026amp; Windus,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Gardens: descriptions\/history\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784740313\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eDid the Romans have rakes? Did the monks get muddy? Did the potato seem really, really weird when it arrived on our shores?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis lively 'potted' history of gardening in Britain takes us on a garden tour from the thorn hedges around prehistoric settlements to the rage for ornamental grasses and 'outdoor rooms' today. It tracks down the ordinary folk who worked the earth - the apprentice boys and weeding women, the florists and nursery gardeners - as well as aristocrats and grand designers and famous plant-hunters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColoured by Jenny Uglow's own love for plants, and brought to life in the many vivid illustrations, it deals not only with flowery meads, grottoes and vistas, landscapes and ha-has, parks and allotments, but tells you, for example, how the Tudors made their curious knots; how housewives used herbs to stop freckles; how the suburbs dug for victory in World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a brief guide to particular historic or evocative gardens open to the public, this is a book to put in your pocket when planning a summer day out - but also to read in your deckchair with a glass of cold wine, when dead-heading is simply too much.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39447673602201,"sku":"9781784740313","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781784740313.jpg?v=1615570294","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781784740313","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}