Book recommendations.......

[binley100]

Our lottie society will be celebrating it's centenary next year and we're thinking of creating a centenary garden. We're thinking of trying to recreate a lottie from 1911 when the society was formed .Would anyone know of a good book that might help on a allotment or kitchen garden of this era, types of seeds, layout etc.......

[Two_Sheds]

I'm just having a look round. Here's your starter for ten: BBC - Gardening - Design - Edwardian

Anatomy of a garden: An elegant Edwardian collaboration | Life and style | The Guardian

Edwardian (which goes up to 1914) gardening style was one thing; and for the rich.

Allotments don't tend to follow fashions, so I guess you'd just want a plant list of vegetables of the era? I think potatoes and cabbage featured heavily!
If you click on these heritage varieties you are sometimes given dates, if you wanted to draw up a planting list

[Two_Sheds]

Ah, here's a 1911 veggie book: Home Vegetable Gardening Book by Rockwell 1911 | The Garden Bed

You might be able to download it here: http://manybooks.net/titles/rockwelletext048hmvg10.html

[Two_Sheds]

Dower House Garden in Bridgnorth has an Edwardian Fruit & Veg garden, but I can't find any photos or owt

[binley100]

Thanks T-S , The book by Rockwell looks interesting ......definately worth further investigation We had discussed the HSL at the meeting

[oldie]

I have PDF copies of the following old books:-

How Plants are Trained to Work for Man: Vol 5 (1914)

Root and Stem Vegetables (1910)

Gardening for the Million (1904)

These are out of copyright books which have been scanned and are available for download, but I can't remember where I got them. Some have been edited for readability others are rough scans. I can send them on if you are interested.

[binley100]

Does any of them refer to the varieties seeds available at the time .....If so I would be very grateful

[oldie]

The "Root and Stem Veg." contains info on the types grown at that time i.e Crimson Globe,Cheltenham Black,Pine Apple and Dell's Crimson beetroot.

[binley100]

That's be brill ..........shall I pm you my e-mail ? or does it come up on here........

[oldie]

pm me and I'll e-mail it.