The Brother Gardeners, (Paperback)

from MarieHooper

Well written, engaging look at the development of the gardening fashions in 18th century Britain. The author introduces a rich cast of characters whose passion for plants and gardens helped to transform the landscape of the British countryside. She argues that this passion for gardening was the e...

from bfertig

Interesting in parts, but lost some of the interest for me about the last third or so. It started out tracing the friendship of two men and their gardens. Collinson in England and Bertram in USA. But then it side tracked into Linnaeus and his student solander and lost its train of thought somewhe...

from Brian.Gunderson

I really enjoyed this look into the heyday of British botany. It is amazing to see read how the botanical curiosity and diligent cultivation of several important figures shaped the world. Intrigue and oppression are tied in with the English botanical interests here described, but there is no ques...

from yvonne.sevignykaiser

Read this for my non-fiction library book group.Interesting look at how modern English gardens came into existence. Many of the plants found and propagated were from the American colonies. the author also included the fated Mutiny on the Bounty and what caused that mutiny. The obsession was not o...

from satyridae

This was a fascinating and accessible book. I learned so much from it, I don't know where to begin. Except maybe to say that Fuchsia is NOT pronounced Fyou-sha, oh no. It should be pronounced FOOKS-ia after our dear Mr. Fuchs. I can hardly wait to try that out on the garden store clerk come sprin...