ISBN : 9781845134112

Publisher : Aurum

Number of pages : 246

Many pictures

Year of publication : 2009

Binding : Paperback

An extraordinary group of men whi flourished in the golden age of the British country house. The great head gardeners served an apprenticeship of up to 14 years to educate themselves in every science from botany to perspective drawing. Men of strong character, they ensured their houses were supplied with fruit, flowers and vegetables all year round, cultivated the exotic plants their employers imported from the ends of the earth, wrote bestselling books and invented the trade of floristry.

Price € : 6.75

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