RHS The Garden Anthology
eBook - ePub

RHS The Garden Anthology

Celebrating the best garden writing from the Royal Horticultural Society

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

RHS The Garden Anthology

Celebrating the best garden writing from the Royal Horticultural Society

About this book

An anthology of the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. 

As well as revealing key moment from a time of intense change, this anthology paints a rich and intriguing picture of what gardening means today.The writers tell of plant-hunting and new gardening practices, fashion and growing food, whilst shedding light on the inner landscape of the thoughtful gardener. 

Collected and curated by Ursula Buchan, herself an anthologist, The Garden Anthology presents a narrative of thoughts and opinions for keen gardeners to help navigate the gardening year, and comprises the best writing from more than the last 100 years.

This 320-page reading book includes short essays, opinions, thoughts and excerpts from 80 garden writers and designers including James Wong, Sir Roy Strong, Helen Dillon, Anna Pavord, E A Bowles, Gertrude Jekyll, John Brookes, Tim Richardson, Joy Larkcom, Hugh Johnson, Nigel Slater, Lia Leendertz, Ursula Buchan, Nigel Colborne and Mary Keen under the universally-appealing subjects of: the kitchen garden; wildlife and wildflowers; gardens; garden design; the environment; plants; people; seasons and the weather.

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Anemone ref1, ref2
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Arbutus (strawberry tree) ref1
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Ashman, Chris ref1
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Babiana stricta ref1
Bagh-e-Babar gardens ref1
Banks, Dick ref1
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Barcelona Pavilion ref1
Barry, Sir Charles ref1
Batey, Mavis ref1
Beales, Peter ref1
Beardsley, Chris ref1
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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Introduction
  6. Seasons & the Weather
  7. Gardens
  8. Wildlife & Wildflowers
  9. The Environment
  10. Plants
  11. People
  12. Garden Design
  13. The Kitchen Garden
  14. Practicalities
  15. Science & Innovation
  16. Pests & Diseases
  17. The International Dimension
  18. Inside the RHS
  19. Biographies
  20. Index
  21. Copyright