{"product_id":"the-fern-garden-shirley-hibberd-9781108037181","title":"The Fern Garden: How to Make, Keep, and Enjoy It","description":"James Shirley Hibberd (1825-90) was a journalist and writer on gardening, whose popular works had great influence on middle-class taste. Although not a trained horticulturalist, his many books were based on practical experience. He developed a succession of gardens in north London concentrating on particular types of plants, and his books reflected this work, with the Rose Book (1864) and the Fern Garden (1869) being particularly successful. He also wrote on garden design, flower arrangement, garden furniture and architecture, and his Rustic Adornments of 1856, also published in this series, is an important work of social and fashion history. He edited the magazine Floral World until 1875 and later the Gardener's Magazine, and was even consulted by the government about potato blight. His engaging and very personal style made him a popular forerunner of modern celebrity gardeners, and set a fashion for highly decorative and ornamental gardens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley Hibberd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108037186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108037181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.42d","brand":"Shirley Hibberd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334438015231,"sku":"9781108037181","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b908eb20-b11c-4841-9563-f9ffa360b0a5.jpg?v=1731466832","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-fern-garden-shirley-hibberd-9781108037181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}