An illustration depicting a man planting cowslips, primroses and other flowers in a turf lawn to create a 'flowery mead' or 'bejewelled lawn', a characteristic and fashionable feature of garden design in the Medieval period

Date:
2004
Reference:
IC228/005
Type:
Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced on page 37 of the 2004 English Heritage publication entitled ‘Georgian Gardens’, by Anne Jennings, along with another drawing on the same subject commissioned at the same time (see illustration IC228/006).

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC228 Medieval Gardens; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Garden, Horticulture And Gardening