name: William  Robinson
birth_date: 1838-07-05 00:00:00
death_date: 1935-05-17 00:00:00
genres: Gardening
avg_rating: 3.93
ratings_count: 134
about: Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.  This is William^^RobinsonWilliam Robinson was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that evolved into the natural garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular style of the British Arts and Crafts movement.He emigrated from Ireland at a young age and was rapidly welcomed into the top echelons of British horticulture and botany. By 1866 he was a Fellow in the Linnean Society, sponsored by his friend Charles Darwin. Already an expert on the flora of the British Isles, Robinson travelled the breadth of North America by train in 1870, observing regional habitats and forging l Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.  This is William^^RobinsonWilliam Robinson was an Irish practical gardener and journalist whose ideas about wild gardening spurred the movement that evolved into the natural garden, a parallel to the search for honest simplicity and vernacular style of the British Arts and Crafts movement.He emigrated from Ireland at a young age and was rapidly welcomed into the top echelons of British horticulture and botany. By 1866 he was a Fellow in the Linnean Society, sponsored by his friend Charles Darwin. Already an expert on the flora of the British Isles, Robinson travelled the breadth of North America by train in 1870, observing regional habitats and forging lasting connections with Charles Sargeant, Asa Gray, Frederick Law Olmsted, and others of their stature. Robinson was just thirty-two when he first published The Wild Garden, which has proved to be the most insightful, influential, and enduring of his many books and journals. Robinson's brilliance and enormous personal energy enabled him to become one of the most accomplished gardeners, editors and publishers of his era, and he is often referred to as the Father of the English Flower Garden. ...more