Description
This book is a facsimile library of essential works from the early modern period, specifically from 1550-1750. During this time, there was a shift in gardening practice, from subsistence gardens to aesthetic gardens. These gardens were gendered, with different plants being planted for different purposes. This book contains texts from different gardening books, divided into two parts: books for the country housewife and books for ladies.
During the period 1500-1750, a general shift in gardening practice took place, from which emerged three distinct types of gardens: (traditional) subsistence or kitchen gardens, aesthetic gardens, and gendered aesthetic gardens. The gardening and husbandry manuals published during the period, typified by the texts selected for this volume, reveal how and what one planted was related to one's role in society. These texts attest to the changing nature of gardening - from a largely subsistence endeavour to an artful practice that became defined in gendered terms. The texts reproduced have been divided into two parts: gardening books for the 'country' housewife and gardening books for 'ladies'.
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