The Victorian Gardener
by Caroline Ikin
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Over the course of the nineteenth century gardening came to be considered a respectable profession, providing a means to an education, a good chance of advancement and decent working conditions. The hierarchy of the garden staff became just as regimented as that of domestic servants, and progression was attained by hard work, self-improvement and ambition. Training courses and apprenticeships prepared young gardeners for their trade and horticulture became recognized as a skilled profession, show more with the head gardener commanding a position of influence and respect and women overcoming social barriers to join their peers on equal terms. This book explores the gardening profession within the complexities of Victorian society and the advances in science and technology that pushed the gardener further into the limelight. show lessTags
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Caroline Ikin is a writer and historian specialising in the Victorian era. She has studied History of Art and Garden History, has worked for the National Trust and also wrote The Victorian Garden for Shire.
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- The Victorian Gardener
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- Genres
- Home & Garden, Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 712.6094109034 — Arts & recreation Area planning & landscape architecture Landscape architecture (Landscape design) Private parks and grounds; home gardens standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Home and private gardens of Europe British Isles - UK, Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Historical periods
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- SB61 .I35 — Agriculture Horticulture. Plant propagation. Plant breeding Plant culture
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