Singleton traces the garden from the medieval pleasance and the Italian Renaissance garden to the Tudor and Elizabethan gardens Shakespeare knew, with their knots, herbalists and new fashions for flowers. She then gathers the plants of the plays, from fern and honeysuckle to the heraldic flower-de-luce, quoting the passages where they appear and suggesting how to plant a Shakespeare garden today.
A charming book for gardeners, Shakespeare lovers and anyone planning an old-fashioned border. Download the free EPUB.