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Behind the privet hedge : Richard Sudell, the suburban garden and the beautification of Britain

Gilson, Michael (Author of Behind the privet hedge), author

2024

Overview

\"The surprising origin story of Britain's love affair with suburban gardening. It is said that Britain is a nation of gardeners and its suburban gardens with roses and privet hedges are widely admired and copied across the world. But how and why did millions across the United Kingdom develop an obsession with colourful plots of land to begin with? Behind the Privet Hedge seeks to answer this question and reveals how, despite their stereotype as symbols of dull middle-class conformity, these open spaces were once seen as a tool to bring about social change in the early twentieth century. The book restores to the story a remarkable but long-forgotten figure, Richard Sudell, who spent a lifetime evangelising for gardens as the vanguard of a more egalitarian society\"--Publisher's description.

• Publisher: Reaktion Books Ltd
• Subject: Sudell, Richard. / Urban gardening Great Britain History 20th century. / Gardening Great Britain History 20th century. / Gardens Social aspects Great Britain. / Gardening Social aspects Great Britain. / Urban landscape architecture Great Britain History 20th century. / Landscape architecture Great Britain History 20th century. / Gardeners Great Britain Biography. / Landscape architects Great Britain Biography. / Suburban life Great Britain History 20th century. / Jardins Aspect social Grande-Bretagne. / Jardinage Aspect social Grande-Bretagne. / Jardiniers Grande-Bretagne Biographies. / Architectes paysagistes Grande-Bretagne Biographies. / Vie de la banlieue Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. / Jardinage urbain Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle. / Paysage urbain Grande-Bretagne Histoire 20e siècle.
• ISBN: 9781789148602, 178914860X

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
SB451.36.G7 G55 2024	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE