The Victorian Gardener by Anne Wilkinson

Author:Anne Wilkinson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780752495712
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2013-03-18T16:00:00+00:00

Design for a villa garden, 80 by 200 feet. This is a sizeable suburban garden with a lawn large enough for tennis and a kitchen garden hidden behind some hedging. C is a flower bed, ‘which may be of any design’. (Amateur Gardening, 27 October 1888) (Amateur Gardening)

As to the use of the pleasure garden, thanks to the lawnmower it was possible to provide a level, close-textured lawn suitable for summer games such as croquet and lawn bowls. Archery might also be attempted where space allowed. Tennis, of course, eventually became the favourite summer game for social events, but not until the end of the century, into the Edwardian era. The Floral World suggested another use for the lawn in winter if it were based on clay soil and had a good supply of water:

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