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Explore the mystery of what makes us love gardening, via history,
science, art and philosophy. Whether you seek sanctuary in your
potting shed, find paradise amongst your patio plants or enjoy the
simple solace of your hands in the soil, there is beauty, peace and
happiness to be found for every gardener in this thoughtful and
entertaining collection. Both a hymn to gardening and a call to
action, this down-to-earth guide is worth a hundred 'how-tos'.
Wander the gardens of Giverny with Monet to create your own
'beautiful masterpiece' or, like George Orwell, reap the joy to be
found in the work of a vegetable plot. Discover the soothing
symmetry in the spiral of sunflower seeds, or, like William Morris,
provide a wild abundance for the natural visitors to your garden.
Drawing inspiration from gardening greats – from the ancient
Greek and French philosophers Epicurus and Voltaire, via the wisdom
of Margery Fish and Gertrude Jekyll, to Monty Don and modern-day
guerrilla gardeners – this beautifully illustrated compilation is
a thoughtful gift for any gardener.
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Cottage Gardens (Hardcover)
Claire Masset, National Trust Books
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A celebration of a beloved and uniquely British garden style. The
cottage garden's abundant, informal style is rooted in Victorian
dreams of a perfect country life. But it has found new expressions
from the Arts & Crafts movement to the present day. This book
showcases a selection of National Trust cottage gardens, famous and
obscure, including writer Thomas Hardy's cottage in Dorset; the
flower-filled cottage garden created at Sissinghurst, Kent, by Vita
Sackville-West and harold Nicolson; the Tudor manor Cothele in
Cornwall, Beatrix Potter's Cumbrian home, Hill Top, and the
picturesque Alfriston Clergy House in East Sussex. Cottage Gardens
also features some of the most famous non-National Trust examples
from around the country, including Kelmscott Manor, Dove Cottage
and Eastgrove Cottage Garden. With practical advice on creating
your own cottage garden, including key plants and techniques, this
is a wonderful companion for all garden enthusiasts. With climbing
roses, bright hollyhocks, pathways edged with honeysuckle,
blossom-filled orchards and wildflower meadows, this is the perfect
book to capture the idyllic British country garden.
A whimsical and beautiful book celebrating these hidden gems of the
National Trust - from specially made secret gardens to overlooked
corners of famous gardens and re-discovered lost gardens. Stunning
photography is accompanied by a wealth of fascinating historical
and botanical details. A whimsical and beautiful book celebrating
these hidden gems of the National Trust - from specially made
secret gardens to overlooked corners of famous gardens and
re-discovered lost gardens. Stunning photographs of the Trust's
idiosyncratic gardens are accompanied by a light text meditating on
the magic of the secret garden, and bringing in fascinating
historical and botanical details. The book will include secret
mazes, hidden corners, walled gardens, lost gardens, gardens that
are only open one day a year, follies, orchards, dens, memorials,
strange statues, stumperies, huts, ice houses, wendy houses, fairy
gates and pixie houses. The gardens featured include the
palm-filled Overbeck's in Devon, Peckover House in Cambridgeshire,
which bursts with exotic specimens found on Victorian plant-hunting
expeditions, and Monk's House in East Sussex, where the garden
proved a refuge for Virginia Woolf.
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