Before the 1860s middle-class garden owners had to learn the skills needed by trial and error. Through persistence and dogged determination they turned the hort

Gardening became a popular pastime in Victorian Britain with the rise of suburban gardens and a passion for the outdoors. New plant introductions from abroad br

Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today and most people take it for granted that suitable plants, equipment and information are easily ava

Over the course of the nineteenth century, gardening came to be considered a respectable profession, providing a means to an education, a good chance of advance

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