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The Essay: A Dark History of British Gardening

The Essay: A Dark History of British Gardening: Episode 2: Snobbery

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A Dark History of British Gardening

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Episode 2: Snobbery

Snobbery

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Jenny Uglow explores the connections between gardens and snobbery.

Historian Jenny Uglow explores the connections between gardens and snobbery, from the 14th century to the present day.

Garden snobbery has been with us since the medieval queens imported exotic herbs in the 14th century. Gardens have always been places for a show of wealth and power and, of course, demonstrations of one's good taste and superior class.

Jenny plots the wonderful history of upper-class gardeners trying hard to stay ahead of the lower orders, determined to ape them in the garden. From French parterres to greenhouses, lawnmowers and choice of rose varieties, she shows that every aspect of gardening was an opportunity for snobbery.

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Jenny Uglow on the less lovely aspects of the British character that blossom in the garden

Biographer and historian Jenny Uglow considers the less lovely aspects of the British character that blossom in the garden

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