Sources and Recommended Reading List

If you’ve enjoyed my talk on Tudor Gardens and Gardeners and would like to find out more, I highly recommend the following resources!

Books

Bayard, T. (1986). Sweet Herbs and sundry flowers: Medieval gardens and the gardens of the cloisters. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Gerard, J., & Woodward, M. (2015). Gerard’s herball. The Noverre Press. 

Jennings, A. (2004). Medieval Gardens. English Heritage. 

Jennings, A. (2005). Tudor and Stuart Gardens. English Heritage. 

Landsberg, S. (1996). The medieval garden. Thames and Hudson. 

McLean, T. (2014). Medieval English Gardens. Dover Publications. 

MICHAEL, B. (2022). Guide to medieval gardens gardens in the age of chivalry. WHITE OWL. 

Quealy, G., Hasegawa-Collins, S., & Mirren, H. (2018). Botanical shakespeare: An illustrated compendium of all the flowers, fruits, herbs, trees, seeds, and grasses cited by the world’s Greatest playwright. Harper Design. 

Tudor Book of the garden. (2019). . Graffeg Limited. 

Way, T. (2013). The Tudor Garden: 1485-1603. Shire Publications. 

Web Resources

Eyewitness Account of Elizabeth’s Visit to Kenilworth:

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/siteassets/home/visit/places-to-visit/kenilworth-castle/things-to-see-and-do/elizabethan-garden/extracts-from-robert-langhams-letters.pdf

Pamphlet Description of Elizabeth’s Visit to Elvetham:

https://www.rct.uk/collection/1024755/the-honourable-entertainment-given-to-the-queenes-majestie-in-progresse-at