Claire Masset

Orchards

Buch

Whether in blossom and laden with fruit, orchards are places of great beauty. Throughout history, they have played an important role in country, and also city, life, providing not just food and drink, but also a haven for wildlife and a setting for age-old customs and social gatherings. Some of Britain's surviving orchards are almost 600 years old. But when did orchards first appear? Why are there over 3,000 varieties of apple, so varied in colour, shape, texture and taste? What is wassailing and who did it? Why has England lost almost two-thirds of its orchards since 1950 - and what is being done about it today? This beautifully illustrated… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7478-0838-1
EAN: 9780747808381
Produktnummer: 11354189
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 56 S.
Masse: H15.0 cm x B21.0 cm x D0.4 cm 132 g
Abbildungen: 5 col
Gewicht: 132
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Claire Masset is a freelance editor and writer specialising in art, architecture and gardens. She has an MA in Art History from St Andrews University, an M.Phil in Decorative Arts from Glasgow University and a Postgraduate Certificate in Architectural History from Oxford University. She writes for the National Trust Magazine and many other magazines and is assistant editor of the Historic Gardens Review. She wrote 'Department Stores' for Shire.