I am slowly reserching the history of gardening, most specifically the Italian Renaissance Gardens. Work will begin on my own IR garden this summer (zone 3b). Until then here is what I've found so far......
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Books
The Pursuit of Paradise: A Social History of Gardens and Gardening by Jane Brown ISBN: 0006388671, HarperCollins, 2000, (PBK, 400 Pages.)
English Pleasure Gardens. By Rose Standish Nichols. Introduction by Judith B Tankard. ISBN: 1567922325, David R. Godine Publisher, 2003. (PBK 296 Pages B&W ILLUSTRATIONS)
Wildflower Folklore by Laura C. Martin, ISBN: 1564402215 Globe Pequot Press, 1993 Reprint (PBK)
History of the English Herb Garden by Sanecki, Kay N. / Foreword By Anthony Huxley ISBN: 0706372336 Ward Lock, London, 1994 (PBK, 128 pages)
The Italian Renaissance garden : from the conventions of planting, design, and ornament to the grand gardens of sixteenth-century Central Italy by Claudia Lazzaro ISBN: 030004765 7 New Haven : Yale University Press, 1990. (HC, 342 pages)
Medieval Garden by Sylvia Landsberg ISBN-10: 0500016917 Thames and Hudson, 1999 (HC, 144 pages)
The Garden: A World View - History - Evolution - Design - Practice - Plants and Planting by Howard Loxton
The Wisdom of Nature : the healing powers and symbolism of plants and animals in the Middle Ages by Werner Telesko. ISBN: 379132585X Munich : New York : Prestel, ©2001.
The Gardener's Atlas : The Origins, Discovery and Cultivation of the World's Most Popular Garden Plants by John Grimshaw ISBN-10: 1552976734 Firefly Books; Reprint edition :2003 (Pbk, 224 pages)
The Garden: An English Love Affair : One Thousand Years of Gardening by Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall ISBN-10: 1841882275 WN, 2003 Paperback: 360 pages
Spade, Skirret & Parsnip : The Curious History of Vegetables (by Bill Laws ISBN-10: 0750932597 Sutton Publishing, 2006 Paperback: 256 pages
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