TY - JOUR
T1 - The Garden as a Laboratory
T2 - The role of domestic gardens as places of scientific exploration in the long 18th century
AU - Hickman, Clare
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Eighteenth-century gardens have traditionally been viewed as spaces designed for leisure, and as representations of political status, power and taste. In contrast, this paper will explore the concept that gardens in this period could be seen as dynamic spaces where scientific experiment and medical practice could occur. Two examples have been explored in the pilot study which has led to this paper — the designed landscapes associated with John Hunter’s Earl’s Court residence, in London, and the garden at Edward Jenner’s house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Garden history methodologies have been implemented in order to consider the extent to which these domestic gardens can be viewed as experimental spaces.
AB - Eighteenth-century gardens have traditionally been viewed as spaces designed for leisure, and as representations of political status, power and taste. In contrast, this paper will explore the concept that gardens in this period could be seen as dynamic spaces where scientific experiment and medical practice could occur. Two examples have been explored in the pilot study which has led to this paper — the designed landscapes associated with John Hunter’s Earl’s Court residence, in London, and the garden at Edward Jenner’s house in Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Garden history methodologies have been implemented in order to consider the extent to which these domestic gardens can be viewed as experimental spaces.
U2 - 10.1179/0079423614Z.00000000054
DO - 10.1179/0079423614Z.00000000054
M3 - Article
SN - 0079-4236
VL - 48
SP - 229
EP - 247
JO - Post-Medieval Archaeology
JF - Post-Medieval Archaeology
IS - 1
ER -