Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements, Accessibility and Abbreviations Chapter One   Introduction. Derbyshire Gardens 1570-1920 Chapter Two  The Enclosed Garden1580-1700 Chapter Three  Early Eighteenth Century : From formal garden to ferme ornée Chapter Four   Capability Brown and William Emes Chapter Five  Late Eighteenth Century 1760-1800 Chapter Six   Early Nineteenth Century : Regency to early Victorian Chapter Seven  Caves, Hermitages and Grottos  Chapter Eight  The Early-mid Victorian Period: Reclamation, Rockwork, Conservatories     Chapter Nine  A Victorian Miscellany, including designers from Loudon to Sitwell   Chapter Ten   The Spas: Matlock Bath, Matlock Bank, Bakewell, Buxton. Chapter Eleven Edwardian Gardens Chapter Twelve  A Miscellany of Gardeners and Nurserymen Bibliography Postcript   Three Modern Gardens

About the Author

Dianne Barre is a garden historian. Her PhD research was on the topic of lost formal gardens in her home county of Staffordshire. She worked with Professor Timothy Mowl on that county in his Historic Gardens of England series. She has published several articles on aspects of historical garden features, especially buildings and has a special interest in seventeenth and eighteenth century landscapes.