Neat House Gardens

Early Market Gardening around London

Book cover: Neat House Gardens

Extent: 200 pages

Publisher: Prospect Books

Subjects: Eighteenth-Century Studies, Food & Drink

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 1998)

ISBN: 9780907325789

5.7 x 8.05 inches

Price: $23.00

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This book gives an outline of market gardening around London before 1800, and considers the role of commercial vegetable production in stimulating kitchen gardening generally, and its influence on the wider agricultural scene.


Market gardening is the Cinderella of garden history, yet was an important source of food for many in England and deserves greater study. This book gives an outline of market gardening around London before 1800, and considers the role of commercial vegetable production in stimulating kitchen gardening generally, and its influence on the wider agricultural scene. As focus to its theme, it narrates the story of one small area of early market gardening, the Neat House Gardens in Westminster; drawing on MSS from the Grosvenor estate for new and arresting information.