We learned by the late Victorian period in America that you can combine both the formal and the natural garden design. Eighteenth century England initiated the natural or picturesque view of the landscape, with its extensive lawn, curved walks, groups…
The garden vase played an important role in the late nineteenth century Victorian garden. Nurseries and seed companies, like Rochester's James Vick, sold such garden ornaments along with their plants and seeds. Illustrations of the garden vase appeared among the…
The Victorian conservatory became an extension of the house. Such greenhouses served an important role in the life and work of the nineteenth century gardener. As glass became cheaper, the middle class could afford to have a conservatory or greenhouse.…
You already know that the leaves of the coleus give color and form to any bed or container. According to Allison Kyle Leopold’s The Victorian Garden, the coleus, native to Africa, was introduced to the United States during the second…