Royal Gardeners

by Alan Titchmarsh

Overview

Alan Titchmarsh takes us on a fascinating tour through the history of Britains royal gardens from medieval times to the present day. Taking in existing royal gardens as well as many that now only exist in paintings, Alan uncovers the stories behind the gardens and the colourful monarchs who created them. From Hampton Court Palace to Kew Palace and Gardens, to Osborne House and through to the modern day developments at the Prince of Wales' home at Highgrove, Alan takes a highly personal canter through Britains gardening heritage. Fully illustrated with original plans, designs, letters, planting records and full colour diagrams of the major surviving gardens, this is a sumptuous book charting some of the most outstanding gardens in Britain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781448140763
Publisher:	Ebury Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

Alan Titchmarsh MBE is known to millions through his career as a television presenter of shows including Love Your Weekend, Love Your Garden, Ground Force, Gardeners' World, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Spring Into Summer. He has written more than forty gardening books, as well as twelve novels and three volumes of memoirs. He was made MBE in the millennium New Year Honours list and holds the Victoria Medal of Honour, the Royal Horticultural Society's highest award.

Table of Contents

Introduction

6

William the Conqueror to Richard III (1066-1485): 1066 and All That

8

Henry VII to Elizabeth I (1485-1603): Power Gardening under the Tudors

34

James I to William and Mary (1603-1702): Renaissance, Repression and Restoration

62

George I to William IV (1714-1837): The House of Hanover--Improving on Nature

94

Victoria (1837-1901): Invention, Introductions and Ingenuity

120

Edward VII to Elizabeth II (1901 to date): Twentieth-century Growth

154

Gardens to Visit

186

Index

189