Tudor and Stuart Royal Gardens

This book discusses the concept of Royal Gardens - what they were for, how they were seen internationally, and how they acted as the channel of foreign influences on English garden design, focused on these matters during Tudor and Stuart times. It reconciles and combines archaeological reports on the several royal palaces, extensive original research in The National Archives at Kew, and the author’s insights into design history in these periods to provide a satisfyingly complete account of all royal gardens over this 200-year timespan.