A Short History of Flowers - The stories that make our gardens

In A Short History of Flowers, Advolly Richmond of Gardeners’ World explores the exciting stories behind the most popular garden flowers.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Advolly Richmond is a garden historian, TV and radio presenter and independent researcher in garden, landscape, plant and social history. A regular on BBC Gardeners’ World as well as on BBC Gardeners’ Question Time, she is also the presenter of The Garden History Podcast, an A-Z. She lectures on garden history from the 16th to 20th centuries, and provides one-day courses for interested historians. She is passionate about promoting garden history in all its branches and likes to encourage people to value their garden and landscape heritage. She is a plant loving practical gardener with probably far too many roses and a collection of snowdrops, which kindly share their space with a range of pre-1900 heritage daffodils. She even has a variety of snowdrops named after her. Sarah Jane Humphrey is an award-winning botanical artist who has won four RHS Medals, including the 2023 Gold medal for her collection of seaweed paintings. Much of her work is published in books and magazines and she has an array of high-profile clients, including the Royal College of Physicians, BrewDog, the Eden Project, the Duchy of Cornwall and Jo Malone.

Zusammenfassung

In A Short History of Flowers, Advolly Richmond of Gardeners’ World explores the exciting stories behind the most popular garden flowers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Advolly Richmond
• Mitarbeit: Sarah Jane Humphrey (Illustration)
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 07.03.2024
• EAN: 9780711282223
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-8222-3
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 215 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 750 g
• Illustration: 100 colour illustrations
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; GARDENING / Ornamental Plants, GARDENING / Flowers / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Gardening: flowers, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants