English gardeners came to America in the nineteenth century, much like other immigrants, to seek a better life. The way to that goal for such gardeners sometimes turned out to be owning a seed business or nursery. But there was always…
The size of the company's main office building, greenhouses, and trial gardens frequently became a theme in the nineteenth century seed and nursery catalogs. The owners wanted to let the customer know they were modern and had the latest facilities…
During the nineteenth century the preeminent American writer in landscape design was New York nurseryman Andrew Jackson Downing, who followed the principles of English writer and designer John Claudius Loudon. Downing wrote several books which came out in multiple editions…
The nineteenth century seed and nusery catalogs often included an image of a suburban home with a lawn and garden. That illustration confirmed what was happening around large cities across the country. People were moving to suburbs because they wanted…
The English influence on American gardening began with the Colonial period on the East Coast. Much of the garden design followed the geometric, old fashioned style of straight lines and symmetry in the landscape. A few versions of the modern,…