Potted History

Author: Catherine Horwood
Publisher: White Lion Publishing
ISBN: 9780711228009
Category : House plants
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
There are plenty of books on how to look after houseplants but no one has shown us how, when and why these plants came to be found in our homes. In this fascinating book we learn how potted plants are as subject to fashion as pieces of furniture. For the Victorians it was the aspidistra in the front parlor; for us it is the orchid in the designer loft. We find that Wedgwood created a market for special bulb pots and that some of Conran's early designs were for houseplant containers. Then there is the story of mignonette - a modest plant but once prized in every home for its intoxicating scent. Now that scent is lost to us for ever. Catherine Horwood's novel combination of social history, plant history and the history of interior design is intriguing. Her illustrations come from a variety of unusual sources since potted plants may be found in many unexpected corners.

Preston: A Potted History

Author: Keith Johnson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398106135
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
An accessible history of Preston from prehistory to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Lichfield: A Potted History

Author: Teresa Gilmore
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398106410
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
An accessible history of Lichfield from prehistory to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Cork: A Potted History

Author: Kieran McCarthy
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398114324
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
An accessible history of Cork from its beginnings to the present day, following a walking trail highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Potted History

Author: Catherine Horwood
Publisher: Pimpernel Press
ISBN: 9781910258941
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Catherine Horwood explores the role of houseplants and cut flowers in the home and has combined social history, plant history and the history of interior design.

Wakefield: A Potted History

Author: Paul L. Dawson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398107492
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
An accessible history of Wakefield from prehistory to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Southampton: A Potted History

Author: Martin Brisland
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398108197
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 187

Book Description
An accessible history of Southampton from its beginnings to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Oxford: A Potted History

Author: David Meara
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398116815
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 171

Book Description
An accessible history of Oxford from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Rotherham: A Potted History

Author: James Barker
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1398114960
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 154

Book Description
An accessible history of Rotherham from its beginnings to the present day highlighting the city’s significant events and people.

Taming the Potted Beast

Author: Molly Williams
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 152488166X
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
The colorful, peculiar history of the houseplant—from ancient Rome to Victorian England to Instagram—a botanical adventure full of histrionic highs, devastating lows, and sensational turning points along the way. From the hanging gardens of Babylon to that fiddle-leaf fig in your living room, houseplants have been humanity's companions for a millennia. Taming the Potted Beast explores the history of our air-purifying friends with an entertaining narrative of the peculiar, often dramatic story of the cultivation and domestication of the not-so-humble houseplant. Including entertaining historical vignettes, DIY plant projects, and accessible tips and tricks for caring for your own historical houseplant collection, this book has any plant-curious reader covered. Readers will come away with practical projects, expert advice, and an understanding of the historical significance of houseplants as well as an appreciation of the cultures from which they emerged. Both fascinating and fun, Taming the Potted Beast will take readers on exhilarating botanical adventure through the ages.