“Shakespeare looked at wild flowers not as a botanist, but as a countryman looks at them. Every word he wrote about the familiar denizens of the meadows, fields and hedgerows of Warwickshire, the glades of the Forest of Arden, and the banks of the Avon, testifies to his keen powers of observation and his delight in the beauty and fragrance of wild flowers.”

Eleanour Sinclair Rhode, Shakespeare’s Wild Flowers, Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples & Bee Lore

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Botanical Shakespeare: An Illustrated Compendium of All the Flowers, Fruits, Herbs, Trees, Seeds, and Grasses Cited by the World’s Greatest Playwright by Gerit Quealy, 2017

The Quest for Shakespeare’s Garden by Roy Strong, 2017

Shakespeare’s Gardens by Jackie Bennett, 2016

Shakespeare’s Plants and Gardens: A Dictionary by Vivian Thomas and Nicki Faircloth, 2016

A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes, 2015

Shakespeare’s Nature: From Cultivation to Culture by Charlotte Scott, 2014

A Gathering of Flowers from Shakespeare  by Gerard Brender a Brandis and David Hoeniger, 2006

Shakespeare in the Garden by Mick Hales, 2006

A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes, 2005

Shakespeare in Art by Jane Martineau and Desmond Shawe-Taylor, 2003

Shakespeare’s Garden by Nancy Shumaker Pallen, 2000

Shakespeare’s Flora & Fauna by Trafalgar Square, 1999

Herb Garden Design by Ethne Clarke and Clive Nichols, 1995

Shakespeare’s Flowers by Chronicle Books, 1994

Shakespeare’s Flowers by Jenny de Get, 1994

Ann Hathaway’s Cottage by Levi Fox, 1994

A Illustrated Introduction to Shakespeare’s Flowers by Levi Fox, 1990

A Rose by Any Other Name: A Survey of Literary Flora from Shakespeare to Eco by Robert F. Fleissrer, 1989

Shakespeare’s Flowers by James A. Warner and Margaret J. White, 1987

Fantastic Garlands: An Anthology of Flowers and Plants from Shakespeare by Lys De Bray, 1982

The Flowers of Shakespeare by Doris Hunt, 1980

A Literary Herbal by Avril Rodway, 1980

Shakespearean Plant Names: Identifications and Interpretations by Mats Ryden, 1978

Stratford-upon-Avon and the Shakespeare Country by Levi Fox, 1975

World of Shakespeare: Plants by Alan Dent, 1973

Shakespeare’s Flowers by Jessica Kerr, 1973

Flowers and Trees of Tudor England by Clare Putman, 1972

The Shakespearian Gardens by Levi Fox, 1953

America’s First Shakespeare Garden by Edith Hubbart, 1938

Shakespeare Gardens: Design, Plants, and Flower Lore by Annie B. Carter, 1937

Shakespeare’s Wild Flowers, Fairy Lore, Gardens, Herbs, Gatherers of Simples and Bee Lore  by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, 1935

Wild Flowers in Literature by Vernon Rendall, 1934

Flora and Folk-Lore of Shakespeare by F. G. Savage, 1923

Shakespeare’s Garden: Stratford Upon Avon by Ernest Law, 1922

The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton, 1922

Flowers from Shakespeare’s Garden by Walter Crane, 1906

Shakespeare’s Garden: With Reference To Over A Hundred Plants by Leonard Holmesworthe, 1906

Shakespeare’s Garden by James Harvey Bloom, 1903

A History of Gardening in England by Alicia Amherst, 1895

The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare by Henry N. Ellacombe, 1884

Folk-Lore of Shakespeare by T. F. T. Dyer, 1883

The Shakespeare Flora by Leo H. Grindon, 1883

Natural History of Shakespeare: Being Selections of Flowers, Fruits and Animals by Bessie Mayou, 1877

Shakespeare’s Gardens by Sidney Beisley, 1864

Gerard’s Herball – Or, Generall Historie of Plantes by John Gerard, 1597