THIS BOOK grew out of Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall's love and understanding of period gardens and her work as a specialist in their restoration and adaptation.

  Her analysis of the very English art of garden making tells an intriguing story, revealed through poetry， fiction, diaries and memoirs, and in the writings of satirists as well as philosophers. It is illustrated with illuminated manuscripts, embroideries, paintings, drawings and photographs.

For my grandchildren

INTRODUCTION 6

MEDIEVAL

GARDENS 10

TUDOR

GARDENS 40

THE SEVENTEENTH

CENTURY 70

THE NINETEENTH

CENTURY I 182

THE NINETEENTH

CENTURY II 210

THE TWENTIETH

CENTURY 236

THE EIGHTEENTH

CENTURY I  102

THE EIGHTEENTH

CENTURY II 128

THE EIGHTEENTH

CENTURY III 156

BETWEEN THE

WARS 264

MID -TWENTIETH

CENTURY 290

YESTERDAY AND

TOMORROW  320

WHERE TO SEE GARDENS  348

INDEX 332

BIBLIOGRAPHY  358