![]() ![]() Upon graduation, he took a position with Bonhams Auctioneers where he worked closely with the North American Rare Books and Manuscripts Department in Toronto and New York. ![]() ![]() Stuart holds a master’s degree in the History of Art from the Courtauld Institute in London, England (recipient of the Director’s Award). Although little is known about Hill, his efforts inspired a genre of ‘how to’ garden literature throughout the 16th and 17th Centuries, which would have an impact on the early history of the English Garden tradition that endures to this day. Hill went on to publish yet another successful book on gardening in 1577, The Gardener’s Labyrinth. Evidence of its popularity can be seen in the many reprints throughout the 16th Century under the title of ‘The Profitable Arte of Gardening’. Stuart will discuss one of the first books published in English on gardening, Thomas Hill’s ‘A Most Briefe and Pleasaunte Treatise, Teaching How to Dresse, Sowe, and Set a Garden’ (1563).Ī product of Elizabethan Period, Hill’s book offered a compendium of tools as well as techniques from beekeeping to making flower beds. ![]() 2022 Speaker Series: Gardening in the Elizabethan Era 6.30pm 7.30pm ![]()
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