The Pleasure Garden

First published in 1977, The Pleasure Garden is an entertaining and conciseistory of English gardening by husband and wife team Osbert Lancaster andnne Scott-James. In a series of beautifully observed and witty cartoonllustrations Osbert Lancaster captures the essence of gardening styles fromoman times through to the twentieth-century patio, as he did for styles ofrchitecture in Pillar to Post and A Cartoon History of Architecture. Theccompanying text by Anne Scott-James explains the work of garden-makers andesigners and the native and newly arrived plants they used.