The American Spirit in the English Garden, by Jean Stone
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Exploration of the New World offered far reaching possibilities for the acquisition of new plants and for trees, but the impact that the introduction of plants from the New World had, and still has, on the English garden is frequently forgotten. Gardens and landscapes were transformed by an influx of American roots and through the past three centuries gardens have displayed important links with the United States of America.The ancestral homes of George Washington, the residence of the American Ambassador in London, the American Museum in Britain and Bletchley Park are of cultural and political importance. Many Dollar Princesses - American heiresses - took an active part in the aristocratic role of garden creation and ex-patriots too, continue to leave a legacy of beautiful gardens.Finally, the book includes memorial gardens of honored Americans: Princess Pocahontas; Mohamet Weyonoman; John F. Kennedy; the Magna Carta Memorial built by the American Bar Association, and at Cambridge, the American Military Cemetery, dedicated to the American Armed Services.American Ancestry in the English Garden is unique in bringing together the story of the first influx of American plant species and an important collection of gardens influenced and/or created by Americans, reflecting social history and often overlooked links between Britain and the United States of America.
The American Spirit in the English Garden, by Jean Stone- Amazon Sales Rank: #1853326 in Books
- Brand: Stone, Jean
- Published on: 2015-05-22
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 12.03" h x 1.06" w x 9.59" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 248 pages
Review The impact of North American flora has gone largely unnoted, but Stone explores it in historical essays and profiles of storied British gardens, supplemented by hundreds of enticing color photos. (Nara Schoenberg Chicago Tribune, October 19, 2015)The American Spirit in the English Garden details the influx of new and exotic plants into the United Kingdom, both as a show of wealth and for the opportunity to discover new medicinal remedies. (Landscape Architecture Magazine, December 2015)
About the Author Jean Stone is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has published books and articles on gardens, their design and the natural landscape. She has won awards for her garden design and has exhibited her work at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. She is a passionate advocate and spokesperson on the arts and garden heritage.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Beautifully Illustrated History of the American-English Horticulture and Gardening Connections By Beth in Iowa As an American gardener who became aware of the joy and beauty of gardening through reading British garden books, I have been waiting with great anticipation for the publication of "The American Spirit in the English Garden," doubly so as publication was delayed for at least six months. But finally my local public library received the title that I had requested nearly a year ago and I got a chance to read the book. I have not been disappointed.The book is first of all meticulously researched, as readers would expect from a trained garden historian such as Jean Stone. The first part of the book covers the early plant collecting and trading between America and England, which desperately needed new species of trees to replenish their deforested isle. This first section contains a concise summary of the Tradescants, Peter Collinson, John Bartram and other early botanists, collectors and enthusiasts, with a focus on the botanical and pleasure gardens that they established. I found the author's telling of the cautionary tale of George Spencer, 5th Duke of Marlborough and the magnificent landscape and collections at Whiteknights that bankrupted him in the early 19th century to be particularly interesting (an illustration writ large of the overspending that all gardening enthusiasts find themselves dangerously prone to). The section ends with an overview of the changing garden styles of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, and the American plants that ornamented the shrubberies and parks of ardent English collectors.The second section of the book covers six English estates with American connections: two of George Washington's ancestral locations, the residence of the American Ambassador in London, Bletchley Park (a fascinating story of codebreakers and state flowers), The American Museum at Claverton Manor that was established in the 1960s, and one more. The one more is a fairly unexceptional modern garden made by an American who purchased the Old Rectory of a church in Dorset, a property that had once been one of many owned by Thomas Hollis (1720-1774), a political philosopher and farmer who promoted charity, learning and the Whig philosophy. As a libertarian, I found his political influence on the ideas of freedom of the American founders to be of great interest. However, he was not a gardener in the least, so his inclusion with the plant collectors and great landscapes and gardens of the other properties in the book seems tenuous (even more so the modern garden that is illustrated in connection with him). But I'm nevertheless glad that I got a chance to learn about the fascinatingly eccentric and philosophically influential Thomas Hollis.Part Three of the book covers the gardens of the estates that were made with the financial infusions brought by American heiresses who married into the English aristocracy. Consuelo Vanderbilt, Nancy Lancaster, the Astors, Winston Churchill's mother; any American reader with an interest in English history and culture is familiar with the stories of these glamorous women, although this book focuses on the gardens that resulted from these matches. Also included is Lawrence Johnston's Hidcote Manor garden, as his parents were American (although he spent most of his life abroad); Hidcote Manor is certainly the most successful and influential of the English gardens in the book.The final section briefly covers four "Gardens of Remembrance": the park at Runnymede (where the Magna Charta was signed), the memorial sculptures for Pocahontas and Chief Mohegan, and the Cambridge American Military Cemetery and Chapel.A one-page Appendix lists the significant plants, trees and shrubs that were brought to England during each century. The list shows that many of the favorite plants of modern English gardeners came from America: sunflower, aster, coneflower, phlox, penstemon, bleeding heart, golden rod, columbine, camassia, dogwood, black and red walnut trees, the tulip tree, Magnolia grandiflora, and of course the Giant Redwood Sequoia (which the Brits offensively continue to insist on calling Wellingtonia after their famous general, and not Washingtonia, as we Americans would have preferred OUR American tree to be named...)."The American Spirit in the English Garden" is beautifully put together, with lovely photographs throughout that I can only conclude were taken by the author, since most of them are not credited and no photographer is listed for the entire book. There were a few editorial slips (the section on Bletchley Park contained this gem: "it was under this tree that every Boxing Day, foxhounds, horses and riders gathered at The Meet, to sip sloe gin before setting off on the hunt" -- one can only hope the animals didn't overimbibe before their exertions...; also "In 1773, the Fairfax's left their plantation").But overall the quality of the writing, research, storytelling and photography were excellent and I found the book to be every bit as enjoyable as I had hoped. I unreservedly recommend "The American Spirit in the English Garden" to garden historians, English garden admirers, general historians and anyone who enjoys coffee table books filled with beautiful photos of gardens.
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