{"product_id":"9781905119370","title":"'A Veritable Eden'. The Manchester Botanic Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society was founded  in 1827 to allow members the opportunity to study botany and  horticulture and to create an ambience \"not unlike a fashionable  resort\". Today the Garden is all but forgotten and only the  former entrance gates and a street name remain. This book,  illustrated with many contemporary engravings and postcards,  charts the history of the Garden; its international reputation in  horticultural developments and many floral triumphs; its  recurrent financial crises and ultimate degeneration into a venue  for cat and dog shows and final conversion to a doomed amusement park. Ann Brooks studied Pharmacy at Manchester University followed by  a varied career in hospital pharmacy. Her great love of gardening  and the history of the gardening movement led her to return to  academia and she completed a PhD in 2007 on The Manchester  Botanic Garden and the Movement for Subscription Botanic Gardens.  She is the co-author of a number of papers on the history of  Manchester and is currently writing a book on the movement for  subscription botanic gardens and conducting research on Victorian villa gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ann Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52686083883326,"sku":"9781905119370","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9781905119370.jpg?v=1764861853","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781905119370","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}