The history of gardening spans thousands of years and reflects the evolution of human civilization, culture, and aesthetics. Early gardening likely began in prehistoric times when humans first cultivated plants for food, medicine, and shelter, laying the foundation for agriculture. Ancient civilizations, such as those in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and Persia, developed organized gardens for practical, ceremonial, and ornamental purposes, often featuring irrigation systems, terraces, and carefully planned layouts. The Greeks and Romans further advanced garden design, emphasizing symmetry, beauty, and leisure, with elaborate villas and public gardens showcasing plants, sculptures, and fountains. During the Middle Ages, gardens were often functional, associated with monasteries and castles, growing herbs, vegetables, and flowers for sustenance and medicinal use. The Renaissance and Baroque periods brought renewed interest in ornamental gardens, with intricate designs, formal layouts, and exotic plants introduced through global exploration. In modern times, gardening has become both a recreational hobby and an art form, combining aesthetics, ecology, and sustainability, while continuing to reflect cultural trends and human creativity in the cultivation of plants and landscapes.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
A dictionary of modern gardening (1847).pdf
A handbook of tropical gardening and planting, with special reference to Ceylon (1914).pdf
A history of English gardening (1829).pdf
A history of gardening in England (1896).pdf
A manual of gardening for Bengal and Upper India (1874).pdf
A manual of gardening for western and southern India (1884).pdf
A year's gardening (1912).pdf
A-B-C of gardening (1915).pdf
Agriculture and gardening for schools (1920).pdf
Agronomy_ a course in practical gardening for high schools (1913).pdf
Amateur's guide to gardening in Cairo (1912).pdf
An encyclopaedia of gardening (1825).pdf
An essay on design in gardening (1768).pdf
An essay on landscape gardening (1823).pdf
An illustrated encyclopaedia of gardening (1911).pdf
Art Out-of-doors Hints on Good Taste in Gardening (1893).pdf
Back yard and city lot gardening, a practical book (1917).pdf
Bulb gardening (1922).pdf
Carrots, Mangold Wurtzels and Sugar Beets (1867).pdf
Cassell's dictionary of practical gardening_ an illustrated encyclop‘dia of pract_20121210113432038.pdf
Cassell's dictionary of practical gardening_ an illustrated encyclop‘dia of pract_20121210113432496.pdf
Cassell's popular gardening (1884).pdf
Children's gardens for school and home a manual of cooperative gardening (1904).pdf
Container gardening (1978).pdf
Continuous bloom in America_ where, when, what, to plant, with other gardening suggestions (1915).pdf
Design in landscape gardening (1914).pdf
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Educational school gardening and handwork (1913).pdf
Elementary agriculture and school gardening at Winthrop (1910).pdf
Epitome of gardening (1881).pdf
Essay on modern gardening (1904).pdf
Every woman her own flower gardener a handy manual of flower gardening for ladies (1871).pdf
Farm Gardening, with hints on cheap manuring, quick cash crops and how to grow them (1898).pdf
Farm-gardening and seed-growing (1872).pdf
French market-gardening including practical details of intensive cultivation for _20121210113434474.pdf
French method of intensive cultivation and asparagus forcing a treatise on the Fr_20121210113434680.pdf
Garden steps_ a manual for the amateur in vegetable gardening (1917).pdf
Gardening and Farming (1911).pdf
Gardening and monthly calendar of operations (1861).pdf
Gardening at a glance (1879).pdf
Gardening by myself (1872).pdf
Gardening difficulties solved expert answers to amateurs' questions (1910).pdf
Gardening for amateurs_ a simple, complete, and practical guide for garden lovers Volume 1 (1915).pdf
Gardening for amateurs_ a simple, complete, and practical guide for garden lovers Volume 2 (1915).pdf
Gardening for beginners_ a handbook to the garden (1901).pdf
Gardening for children (1848).pdf
Gardening for health and recreation_ a booklet of information about gardening for_20121210113437951.pdf
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden (1851).pdf
Gardening for money. How it was done, in flowers, strawberries, vegetables (1869).pdf
Gardening for pleasure. A guide to the amateur in the fruit, vegetable, and flower garden (1888).pdf
Gardening for profit (1867).pdf
Gardening for profit (1887).pdf
Gardening for profit a guide to the successful cultivation of the market and family garden (1867).pdf
Gardening for the South (1901).pdf
Gardening for the South or, How to grow vegetables and fruits (1868).pdf
Gardening for young and old the cultivation of garden vegetables in the farm garden (1883).pdf
Gardening in California (1914).pdf
Gardening in Egypt a handbook of gardening for Lower Egypt (1895).pdf
Gardening in elementary city schools (1916).pdf
Gardening in Florida (1885).pdf
Gardening in southern California (1918).pdf
Gardening indoors and under glass (1912).pdf
Gardening made easy_ a simple handbook to the garden (1915).pdf
Gardening on permafrost (1970).pdf
Gardening with brains_ fifty years' experiences of a horticultural epicure (1922).pdf
Gardening … la mode fruits (1895).pdf
Gardening … la mode--vegetables (1895).pdf
Gardening_ an elementary school text treating of the science and art of vegetable growing (1922).pdf
Henderson's picturesque gardens and ornamental gardening illustrated (1908).pdf
Hints on landscape gardening (1917).pdf
Home gardening_ vegetables and flowers (1917).pdf
Home vegetable gardening from A to Z, with special reference to Pacific coast conditions (1918).pdf
How the farm pays the experiences of forty years of successful farming and gardening (1884).pdf
In-door gardening for every week in the year (1860).pdf
Indoor gardening (1910).pdf
Instructions in gardening for ladies (1840).pdf
Kitchen gardening made easy (1879).pdf
Landscape gardening (1891).pdf
Landscape gardening as applied to home decoration (1899).pdf
Landscape gardening how to lay out a garden (1911).pdf
Landscape gardening studies (1910).pdf
Landscape-gardening (1920).pdf
Making horticulture pay_ experiences in gardening and fruit growing (1909).pdf
Market gardening (1910).pdf
Market gardening (1915).pdf
Observations on modern gardening, illustrated by descriptions (1770).pdf
Old-fashioned gardening_ a history and a reconstruction (1913).pdf
Ornamental gardening in Florida (1916).pdf
Planting and ornamental gardening a practical treatise (1785).pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113446037.pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113446247.pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113446517.pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113446877.pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113447297.pdf
Popular gardening and fruit growing_ An illustrated periodical devoted to horticu_20121210113447607.pdf
Practical gardening (1918).pdf
Practical school gardening (1909).pdf
Prize gardening_ how to derive profit, pleasure, health from the garden (1901).pdf
Rock and Alpine gardening (1910).pdf
Rock gardening for amateurs (1914).pdf
Rose gardening_ how to manage roses and enjoy them (1922).pdf
School gardening (1910).pdf
School gardening for little children (1906).pdf
Sea-coast gardens and gardening (1908).pdf
Selections for reading. Agriculture. Gardening (1919).pdf
Spring and winter flower gardening (1864).pdf
Studies in gardening (1916).pdf
Subtropical vegetable-gardening (1916).pdf
Success in gardening (1913).pdf
Success in market gardening and vegetable growers' manual (1887).pdf
Success in market gardening_ a new vegetable growers' manual (1910).pdf
Suggestions on landscape gardening (1859).pdf
Supplement to Landscape gardening in Japan (1893).pdf
The art of landscape gardening (1907).pdf
The Beginners Book Of Gardening (1911).pdf
The Book of gardening_ a handbook of horticulture (1900).pdf
The book of town & window gardening (1903).pdf
The book of water gardening (1907).pdf
The children's book of gardening (1909).pdf
The Codman collection of books on landscape gardening. Also a list of books on tr_20121210113454277.pdf
The garden primer_ a practical handbook on the elements of gardening for beginners (1910).pdf
The hand-book of gardening (1851).pdf
The handy book on gardening (1858).pdf
The joyous art of gardening_ a book of first aid to the amateur (1917).pdf
The manual of practical gardening_ an everday guide for amateurs (1910).pdf
The natural style in landscape gardening (1917).pdf
The Practice of Gardening (1759).pdf
The principles of practical gardening (1845).pdf
The principles of vegetable-gardening (1912).pdf
The theory and practice of landscape gardening (1852).pdf
Thirty-nine articles on gardening (1908).pdf
Vegetable gardening (1912).pdf
Vegetable gardening (1919).pdf
Vegetable gardening a manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing (1904).pdf
Vegetable gardening and canning_ a manual for garden clubs (1917).pdf
Vegetable gardening in the mountain glades (1902).pdf
Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing (1915).pdf
Villa gardening a handbook for amateur and practical gardeners (1887).pdf
War gardening and home storage of vegetables (1919).pdf
What England can teach us about gardening (1911).pdf
Window and parlor gardening_ a guide for the selection, propagation and care of house-plants (1895).pdf
Window gardening (1877).pdf
Window gardening (1908).pdf
Window gardening devoted specially to the culture of flowers and ornamental plant_20121210113458297.pdf
Winter botany, a companion volume to the author's Plant materials of decorative gardening (1918).pdf