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Author Rice, Catherine (Local historian), author.

Title Cottage gardens and gardeners in the east of Scotland, 1750-1914 / Catherine Rice
Published Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color), maps
Series Garden and landscape history ; [11]
Garden and landscape history ; 11.
Contents List of Illustrations<br>Acknowledgements<br>List of Abbreviations<br>Counties of the Eastern Lowlands before 1975<br>A Note on Old Scottish Weights and Measures<br><br>Introduction<br>Chapter 1 -- The Changing Landscape<br>Chapter 2 -- Kailyards and Farm Servants<br>Chapter 3 -- Cottagers' Gardens<br>Chapter 4 -- Potato Grounds<br>Chapter 5 -- The Midden<br>Chapter 6 -- The Rural Diet<br>Chapter 7 -- Competitions and Shows<br>Chapter 8 -- The Cottage Gardener's Education<br>Chapter 9 -- The Idea of the Cottage Garden <br><br>Epilogue<br>Glossary<br>Bibliography
Summary Much criticised as weed-infested, badly cultivated and disfigured by the dung heap before the cottage door, eighteenth-century cottage gardens produced only the most basic food crops. But the paradox is that Scottish professional gardeners at this time were highly prized and sought after all over the world. And by the eve of the First World War Scottish cottage gardeners were raising flowers, fruit and a wide range of vegetables, and celebrating their successes at innumerable flower shows. This book delves into the lives of farm servants, labourers, weavers, miners and other workers living in the countryside, to discover not only what vegetables, fruit and flowers they grew, and how they did it, but also how poverty, insecurity and long and arduous working days shaped their gardens. Workers' cottage gardens were also expected to comply with the needs of landowners, farmers and employers and with their expectations of the industrious cottager. But not all the gardens were muddy cabbage and potato patches and not all the gardeners were ignorant or unenthusiastic. The book also tells the stories of the keen gardeners who revelled in their pretty plots, raised prize exhibits for village shows and, in a few cases, found gardening to be a stepping-stone to scientific exploration
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 29, 2021)
Subject Cottage gardens -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
Cottage gardens -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
Cottage gardens -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century
Gardeners -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
Gardeners -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
Gardeners -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century
Working class -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
Working class -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century
Working class -- Scotland -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century.
Cottage gardens
Gardeners
Social conditions
Working class
SUBJECT Scotland -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96009687
Subject Scotland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781800104167
1800104162