Rose gardens : their history and design / Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall.
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TextPublisher: London : Chatto & Windus, 1989Description: 202 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN: 0701133449; 9780701133443Subject(s): Rose gardens | Rose culture | Rose culture | Rose gardens | Gardens Roses | Roses Cultivation HistoryDDC classification: 635.9 LOC classification: SB411 | .F4 1989Summary: "Published to coincide with the Chelsea Flower Show, this sourcebook and guide lists which roses to use where, what to plant with roses and how to design and plant a rose garden. A history and celebration of rose gardens from the earliest times thorugh the late 18th century when the Empress Josephine created the first garden made exclusively for roses at Malmaison near Paris and on to gardens of the present day in Euope, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, the author charts the changing fashions which determine how roses are used by gardeners and suggests ideas for formal and informal designs. Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is a garden designer and consultant who has won three wards for gardens at the Cheleas Flower Show."--" --Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index.
"Published to coincide with the Chelsea Flower Show, this sourcebook and guide lists which roses to use where, what to plant with roses and how to design and plant a rose garden. A history and celebration of rose gardens from the earliest times thorugh the late 18th century when the Empress Josephine created the first garden made exclusively for roses at Malmaison near Paris and on to gardens of the present day in Euope, the USA, Australia and New Zealand, the author charts the changing fashions which determine how roses are used by gardeners and suggests ideas for formal and informal designs. Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall is a garden designer and consultant who has won three wards for gardens at the Cheleas Flower Show."--" --Publisher description.
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