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A tour of some of the UK's most beguiling gardens in the counties
of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, the counties that exemplify 'the garden
of England'. In these three counties a wealth of history and
horticulture has combined with geography in the shape of rolling
landscapes, wooded valleys and meandering waterways, to provide an
attractive and fascinating collection. They are in villages and
towns, as well as in deep countryside, and all are privately owned.
Some have been in the possession of the same family for many
generations, while others have recently been transformed by new
owners. Some open for the National Garden Scheme, while others are
open privately and in some cases for just the occasional day for
charity. The stunning gardens explored in this visually rich guide
include: Arundel Castle, Denmans, Gravetye Manor, Munstead Wood and
Sussex Prairie Garden. The book also includes a gazetteer of other
important gardens in the area with location advice, to enable
readers to plan a more elaborate tour of this fertile garden area.
Filled with stunning, specially commissioned photographs by Clive
Boursnell, Secret Gardens of the South East is a unique guide that
opens the gates to the most intriguing gardens in this part of
England.
First published in 1942 (and retailing at 1s 6d) in response to the
growing use of factory-made foods and essences, Wild Berries,
Fruits, Nuts & Flowers demonstrated how tasty dishes could be
made using the wild fruits and flowers of the countryside. Today
there is a growing interest in foraging. People have become more
connected with nature and are heading into the countryside and
collecting edible plants, mushrooms and fruits. This is combined
with an increasing desire to eat local seasonal produce in the
interests of sustainability. This timely reissue of a classic of
its kind is the perfect gift for the modern forager. It features
101 recipes for using wild berries, fruits, nuts, flowers,
mushrooms and seaweed. Nothing is known about the original author,
but this edition has a foreword by Barbara Segall, who suggested
republishing this book.
This book contains the majority of the papers presented at the 1990
Women into Computing Conference, together with selected papers from
the 1989 and 1988 Conferences. In 1988, the main theme running
through the Conference was that of dismay at the low number of
women taking computing courses or following computing careers. The
1989 Conference was concerned solely with workshops for schoolgirls
and the 1990 Conference concentrated on strategies rather than an
assessment of the situation. As editors, we set as our task to make
a selection of papers presenting the overall picture in 1990. We
found that many of the issues discussed in 1988 are still a cause
for concern in 1990, but that strategies to improve the situation
are many and varied. Section I contains speeches from the invited
speakers and needs little introduction. Section II contains papers
covering so me attitudes and issues of concern, ranging from the
specific (Gill Russell on child care and Laurie Keller on hacker
mentality) through to broader aspects of gender inequality (the
papers of Flis Henwood, Margaret Bruce and Alison Adam, and Lyn
Bryant). Susan Jones takes a look at the reasons why we should want
to see more women in computing, whilst Gillian Lovegrove and Wendy
Hall present a more general paper on school and higher education.
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