Book: A History Of Gardening in 50 Products

Unearthing the Past: 50 Objects That Shaped the Modern Garden

A treasure trove of gardening information, exploring 50 often little-known objects that have transformed the way we think about and work in our gardens today.

The earliest record of an enclosed space around a homestead dates back to 10,000 BCE, and since then, gardens of varying types and ambitions have flourished throughout the ages. Whether ornamental, wild cottage gardens, container gardens blooming over unforgiving concrete, or plots turned over for growing produce, gardens exist in all shapes and sizes, in all manner of ways.

Today, we benefit from centuries of development, be it in the cultivation of desirable blossoms or larger fruits, the technology to keep weeds and lawns at bay, or even from garden visionaries who tore up rulebooks and cultivated pure creativity in their green spaces.

Here, George Drower presents 50 objects that have helped create the gardening scene we know today, exploring the history of beautiful, fruitful outside spaces in a truly unique way.

With stunning botanical and archive images, and colourful photographs, this lavish volume is one no garden lover should be without. Features 75 colour illustrations.