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Publication of The Wild Garden

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William Robinson published The Wild Garden in 1870, arguing for planting hardy perennials in natural drifts through meadow, woodland and waterside settings rather than in the clipped, geometric bedding schemes then fashionable. The book is treated as the founding text of both the wild garden style and the wider cottage garden movement, and its central idea, once revolutionary, is now taken for granted in ordinary gardening practice. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Milestone Year
1870 1
When
Published in 1870 as Robinson's third book; its success let him launch his own gardening journal, The Garden, in 1871. 2
Location
England 1
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Gardening, Hobbies and Pastimes
Source William Robinson (Wikipedia)
The Cottage Garden Movement, Concepts and Movements

The book is treated as the movement's founding text

Source Cottage Garden (Wikipedia)

Developed By

William Robinson, Figures
Source William Robinson (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Cottage Garden (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Key Dates section
    their stylized reinvention occurred in 1870s England as a reaction to the more structured, rigorously maintained estate gardens with their formal designs and mass plantings of greenhouse annuals
  • Historical Emergence and Reaction section
    Robinson's The Wild Garden, published in 1870, contained in the first edition an essay on "The Garden of British Wild Flowers", which was eliminated from later editions.
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2. William Robinson (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Publication Date, Long-term impact on gardening section
    The idea of introducing large drifts of native hardy perennial plants into meadow, woodland, and waterside is taken for granted today, but was revolutionary in Robinson's time.
  • The Wild Garden, 1870 section
    His most influential books were The Wild Garden (1870), which made his reputation and allowed him to start his magazine
  • Developed By: William Robinson, Publication Date
  • Associated With: Gardening
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