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A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers: Facts and Folklore Through the Ages (Wise Words)

A Miscellany for Garden-Lovers: Facts and Folklore Through the Ages (Wise Words)

by David Squire (Author)

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    Hardcover 2014

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Synopsis

Gardening is an age-old craft, steeped in mystique and peppered with handed-down wisdom, often derived from 'sons of the soil' who grew larger cabbages than their neighbours.

This fact-drenched and beautifully illustrated insight into gardening history with enthral you with its diversity - from digging soil and keeping bees to early plant hunters and weather rhymes.

A perfect gift for gardening enthusiasts!

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 144
 Publisher: Green Books
Published: 13 Nov 2014
ISBN 10: 0857842749
ISBN 13: 9780857842749

Media Reviews

A Miscellany for Garden Lovers is a fact-drenched and beautifully illustrated book of insights into garden history that will leave you enthralled with its diversity... 6 out of 5 (if it would just be possible).

-- Michael Smith * Green (Living) Review *

This would make an ideal gift that any gardener would love to receive.

-- The Potting Shed UK
Author Bio
David Squire has a lifetime's experience with plants. He studied botany and gardening at the Hertfordshire College of Horticulture and at the Royal Horticultural Society's Garden as Wisley, Surrey, where he gained the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He also was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. In 2005, this collection of plants was accepted by the Booth Museum of Natural History, Brighton, Sussex, to become part of the library and museum exhibits of Brighton and Hove. David's passionate interest in native plants ranges from eating and survival to their historical roles in medicine, folklore and customs. His interest in honey bees dates back to late school years when he kept bees. Throughout his gardening and journalist career, David has written more than eighty books on plants, gardening and insects, as well as dogs and self-sufficiency, including keeping chickens. David's books have been sold in twenty countries and The Scented Garden won the Garden Writer's of America 'Quill and Trowel' award.