Further reading
We have a basic reading list to help you find out more about garden history
A fuller reading list is given in Ray Desmond's bibliography which, though originally published in 1990, gives a good listing of standard works
Reviews of books on most aspects of gardens and garden history appear in Garden History. Read extracts from some recent reviews
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Kew Gardens website has a good list of booksellers and publishers specialising in botany and horticulture, worldwide. The list is based on catalogues received and does not include the many helpful local and general booksellers who can be traced in trade directories or through internet searches.
Basic reading list
If you want to find out more about garden history, the following books are widely available.
General:
John Anthony
Discovering Period Gardens (Shire, 1992)
Jane Brown
The Pursuit of Paradise: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening (HarperCollins, 1999)
Susan Campbell
Walled Kitchen Gardens (Shire, 1998)
Maggie Campbell-Culver
The Origin of Plants (Headline, 2000)
Hazel Conway
Public Parks (Shire Publications, 1996)
John Dixon Hunt
Greater Perfections: The Practice of Garden Theory (Thames & Hudson, 2000)
Patrick Goode and Michael Lancaster (eds)
The Oxford Companion to Gardens (OUP, 2001)
Penelope Hobhouse
Plants in Garden History (Pavilion, 1994)
Roy Strong
The Artist and the Garden (Yale University Press, 2000)
Michael Symes
Garden Sculpture (Shire, 1996)
Michael Symes
A Glossary of Garden History (Shire, 2000)
Gabrielle van Zuylen
The Garden: Visions of Paradise (Thames & Hudson, 1995)
Jan Woudstra and Ken Fieldhouse (eds)
The Regeneration of Public Parks (GHS et al, 2000)
Gardens of Different Periods:
Mavis Batey
Regency Gardens (Shire, 1995)
Jane Brown
The Modern Garden (Princeton Architectural Press, 2000)
Maureen Carroll
Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology (British Museum Press, 2003)
John Dixon Hunt and Peter Willis (eds)
The Genius of the Place: English Landscape Garden 1620-1820 (MIT Press, 1988)
Tim Mowl
Gentlemen and Players: Gardeners of the English Landscape (Sutton Publishing, 2000)
Roy Strong
The Renaissance Garden in England (Thames & Hudson, 1998)
Janet Waymark
Modern Garden Design (Thames & Hudson, 2003)
Tom Williamson
Polite Landscapes: Gardens and Society in 18th-Century England (John Hopkins University Press, 1995)
Eastern Gardens:
Amanda Herries
Japanese Gardens in Britain (Shire, 2001)
Maggie Keswick
The Chinese Garden (Frances Lincoln, 2003)
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