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Victorian Gardener's Motto

The Victorian Garden
Gardening became wildly popular in the Victorian era essentially because the middle class grew in prosperity and could devote more time to it.

Victorian Gardener's Motto
The Victorian gardener's motto might have been something along these lines "man's conquest over elements of the natural world." This control might be most apparent in the propagation of lawns. Formal Victorian gardens demanded both front and back garden lawns, although more country-style gardens and informal gardens could rely on other types of ground cover that required less maintenance. However, the ideology of the late Victorian era favored more natural growth with less manicured features - so today's gardeners may choose either path for their garden.

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