Early Scottish gardens : a writer's odyssey
Mackay, Sheila2001
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As stated in the preface, this book seeks to answer the question 'What did early Scottish gardens look like? How did these gardens relate to the house and how did passing time affect their development? Where did the plant stock come from?' It seeks to challenge the dismissive views prevalent in British garden histories regarding Scottish designed landscapes prior to the eighteenth century. Instead, the author examines the development of early Scottish gardens in a European rather than an Anglocentric context and argues that in Scotland, elaborate gardens were required to equal the grandeur of houses and interiors, reflecting concepts of status, wealth and self-esteem. The book is illustrated throughout with black and white plates and there are also sixteen colour plates. There is also a map detailing the locations of the various gardens discussed.
Main title:
Early Scottish gardens : a writer's odyssey / Sheila Mackay.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2001.
Collation:
216p. : ill., plans ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Arthur's Seat and the Royal ParkHidden GardensThe Pleasaunce at EdzellRoyal Gardens in the Landscape'Gentimenis Places and Gret Palices''A Delictible Time of Peax'Gardens for Delight's Sake'Paradisi in Sole''Furor Hortensis''Improvement'Appendix I: Notes on the Art of MemoryAppendix II : List of plants growing at St Mary's Pleasance, Haddington
ISBN:
07486625459780748662548
Dewey class:
635.09411635.09712.6635.9
Local class:
635.0941SCO
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
Earl of HaddingtonThomas HamiltonHorticultureNorthfield HouseSt Mary's PleasanceYester HouseTyninghame
BRN:
170964