
The Wild Garden
William Robinson(Author)
Little Toller Books (Publisher)
Published on 24. July 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-915068-48-4 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1870, The
Wild Garden was a sensation, up-ending the conventions of Victorian
garden-making, sweeping away formal ideas and artifice, and replacing it with a
naturalistic approach, favouring native plants. William Robinson's book
effectively introduced the idea of the cottage garden and the herbaceous border.
Practical, beautiful and occasionally
argumentative, The Wild Garden includes chapters on wild roses, bog
gardens and 'Wild Gardening on Walls, Rocks, or Ruins.' Truly ahead of its time,
The Wild Garden changed gardening for ever and remains a key work.
Wild Garden was a sensation, up-ending the conventions of Victorian
garden-making, sweeping away formal ideas and artifice, and replacing it with a
naturalistic approach, favouring native plants. William Robinson's book
effectively introduced the idea of the cottage garden and the herbaceous border.
Practical, beautiful and occasionally
argumentative, The Wild Garden includes chapters on wild roses, bog
gardens and 'Wild Gardening on Walls, Rocks, or Ruins.' Truly ahead of its time,
The Wild Garden changed gardening for ever and remains a key work.
Reviews / Votes
'One of the classics of gardening...he'sworth listening to today, and noting.' The Daily Telegraph
'...the boldest attack on unnatural art.' Robin
Lane Fox
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wimborne Minster
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrated with line drawings throughout
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-915068-48-4 (9781915068484)
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Persons
William
Robinson (1838-1945)
was an Irish
gardener, writer and journalist. His writing influenced a generation of
gardeners and he became a friend and collaborator with Gertrude Jekyll. In 1884
he purchased the Elizabethan house Gravetye Manor, where he worked to transform
its gardens.
Robinson (1838-1945)
was an Irish
gardener, writer and journalist. His writing influenced a generation of
gardeners and he became a friend and collaborator with Gertrude Jekyll. In 1884
he purchased the Elizabethan house Gravetye Manor, where he worked to transform
its gardens.