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Loading... In the Garden with Jane Austenby Kim Wilson, Celia Simpson
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Jane Austen loved a garden. She took a keen interest in flower gardening and kitchen gardening alike. This book strolls through the sorts of gardens that Jane Austen would have known and visited: the gardens of the great estates, cottage gardens, gardens in town, and public gardens and parks. Some of the gardens she owned or knew exist still in some form today; among the gardens highlighted is the restored garden at Jane Austen's House Museum in Chawton, England, complete with a sample planting plan of the flowers grown there now. The book also includes touring information for gardens featured in film adaptations of the novels. With lush photos, social history, excerpts from the novels, information on her life, and period drawings, this book brings Georgian and Regency gardens and Jane Austen's world to life. In the Garden with Jane Austen captures the essence and beauty of the traditional English garden. As the heroine of Mansfield Park Fanny Price observes, "To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment." No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)712.0942The arts Area planning and landscape architecture Landscape architecture / landscape design History, geographic treatment, biography Europe England & WalesLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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