Caroline Ikin

The Victorian Gardener (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 advancement and decent working conditions. The hierarchy of the garden staff became just as regimented as that of domestic servants, and progression was attained by hard work, self-improvement and ambition. Training courses and apprenticeships prepared young gardeners for their trade and horticulture became recognised as a skilled profession, with the head gardener commanding a position of influence and respect and women overcoming social barriers to join their peers on equal terms. This book explores the gardening profession within the complexities of Victorian society and the advances in science and technology that pushed the gardener further into the limelight.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780747814580
• Artikelnr.: 40421393

Autorenporträt

Caroline Ikin completed an MA in Garden History at Birkbeck College, and a PhD on John Ruskin's Garden at Brantwood, both while working for the National Trust. Her research in nineteenth-century gardens has led to two books on aspects of the Victorian garden: The Victorian Garden (2012), The Victorian Gardener (2014). Caroline has lectured at the Watts Gallery, the V&A and Oxford University. As well as working for the National Trust, first as a House and Collections Manager and now as a Curator, she has worked for the Gardens Trust and has been a trustee of Sussex Gardens Trust.