The Tudor Garden: 1485-1603 (Shire Library) - Softcover

Way, Twigs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0747812144 ISBN 13: 9780747812142

Publisher: Shire, 2013

Synopsis

Contrived, colourful, and cultured, the garden of the Tudor period was a paradise on earth, given over to pleasurable pastimes. Artificiality was the fashion of the age, with clipped and twined plants vying for space between brightly painted woodwork, and patterned beds of coloured soils. Renaissance discoveries reared their head in royal gardens, as traditional gold and green heraldic figures mingled with fantastical sundials and glittering fountains. Walls kept out the wild world beyond, whilst mounts permitted glimpses to new parklands, and provided raised platforms for the banqueting houses of the wealthy. Ever-changing with newly introduced exotic plants and yet never changing with year round knot gardens, the Tudor garden was an exciting pageant which this book seeks to explore.

About this title

About the Author:

Twigs Way is a garden historian who specialises in the social and political aspects of gardens and landscapes. Her other books for Shire include Allotments, Garden Gnomes, Topiary, and Gertrude Jekyll.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shire
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0747812144
• ISBN 13: 9780747812142
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60