by Deborah Kellaway (Editor), Deborah Kellaway (Author), Deborah Kellaway (Editor), Deborah Kellaway (Author)
Deborah Kellaway's meticulously edited collection of garden writing is at once a literary delight, a visual pleasure and an inspiring and practical companion full of good-humoured advice. The expertise, toil and creativity of women gardeners throughout the last century is celebrated in this comprehensive anthology, featuring outstanding horticultural writing and illustrated throughout by colour photographs and paintings of the gardens and gardeners. From diggers and weeders to plantswomen and landscape designers, this delightful book is now available in a new paperback edition and is an invaluable reference for all gardeners - from the truly green-fingered to those of the armchair variety.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Virago
Published: 02 Oct 1997
ISBN 10: 0316641308
ISBN 13: 9780316641302
Book Overview: An illustrated anthology of garden writing dedicated to some of the finest female gardeners and a tribute to their contribution to the horticultural world.