by Annette Wendland (Author), Annette Wendland (Author), Karen Liebreich (Author), Jutta Wagner (Author)
Five years ago Karen Liebreich, Jutta Wagner, Annette Wendland and others began to restore the neglected seventeenth-century kitchen garden at Chiswick in west London, bringing in hundreds of local schoolchildren to work and learn and garden and eat. This book is the fruit of that experience.
With the emphasis on what will be fun to grow and useful for a family, it provides clear instructions on growing vegetables, fruit, herbs and cutting flowers, and month-by-month advice on what to do when. It notes 'child-friendly' vegetables such as potatoes (children enjoy searching in the soil for potato 'treasure') and peas (the seeds are large enough to handle easily) and gives tips on approaching gardening activities with children. There are also recipes using homegrown fruit and veg that kids (as well as adults) will want to make and eat - from oriental summer rolls and homemade ketchup to parsnip crisps and fruit ice lollies - and projects that are accessible to the whole family, such as building a ladybird nesting house and weaving a willow wigwam for climbing plants.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: Flexibound
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 14 May 2009
ISBN 10: 0711228728
ISBN 13: 9780711228726
Book Overview: * Based on the authors' unique experience as gardeners working closely with children and families * Over 800 children per year go through Chiswick House Kitchen Garden * Includes seasonal, delicious recipes and creative ideas for the whole family, based on seasonal produce from the garden * 'Fabulous ! different, quirky, educational': BBC TV's Gardener's World on the Chiswick House Kitchen Garden. It has attracted much media attention.
Jutta Wagner worked as a horticulturalist in Bavaria, studied landscape architecture at the University of Applied Science in Berlin and then worked for a Berlin design practice specializing in garden history and family housing projects.
Karen Liebreich's books include The Letter in the Bottle and Fallen Order. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian and Kitchen Garden magazine.