A celebration of John Evelyn : proceedings of a conference to mark the tercentenary of his death / edited by Mavis Batey.

[West Byfleet, Surrey] : Surrey Gardens Trust, 2007.

x, 196 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

"In April 2006 the Surrey Gardens Trust, in association with the Garden History Society, hosted a conference at Wotton House to celebrate the tercentenary of the death of John Evelyn (1620-1706)."--Page 4 of cover

Copy 1. Donor: Surrey Gardens Trust.

"Memoires for my Grand-son", John Evelyn's legacy / Gillian Darley -- The way of Italian gardens / Sally Jeffery -- "My most cherished place on earth" : John Evelyn and Wotton -- Frances Harris -- "Wholly new and ambiguous" : the discourse of nature / Douglas Chambers -- A passion for tress : the legacy of John Evelyn / Maggie Campbell-Culver -- Greenhouses and great storm : John Evelyn on the workings of God and man in the garden / Mark Laird -- "Invest in gardening, groves and walkes" : how Evelyn's grandson carried out his instructions to revive the Wotton landscape / Peter Brandon -- John Evelyn and the landscape garden : "To him it is owing that gardening can speak proper English" / Mavis Batey -- The life and times of John Evelyn.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-175) and index.