Gardening women
Subtitle: their stories from 1600 to the present
By: Catherine Horwood
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9781408488164; 9781408488171
Subjects: Women gardeners; Horticulture; History; Large type books
Description: Catherine Horwood looks at women's associations with plants over the centuries, exploring its wider social significance and telling the stories of ordinary women with an extraordinary passion for horticulture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.426-482).
Table of contents: title: A passion for plants; title: Shaping the landscape; title: Mother earth; title: Floral arts; title: Literary flowers; title: Cultivated ladies.