Summerley, Victoria – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:01:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Summerley, Victoria – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Great Gardens Of London https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/great-gardens-of-london/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/great-gardens-of-london/

In Great Gardens of London, Victoria Summerley and Hugo Rittson Thomas collaborate to unearth the most fascinating stories of plants and people inside London' s most exciting gardens.

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Explore the great gardens of one of the world’s greatest cities in this beautiful and vibrant new edition.

London’s gardeners are twice blessed: not only do they live in one of the world’s most vibrant capitals, it is also one of the most verdant.

Gardens of every imaginable style, shape and size abound on rooftops, within palaces, surrounding churches, behind walls – on every piece of dry land – even if it is floating on or lapped by the river Thames.

In Great Gardens of London, Victoria Summerley, Marianne Majerus and Hugo Rittson Thomas collaborate to unearth the most fascinating stories of plants and gardeners inside London’s most exciting plots.

Some of the gardens are strictly private, while others are regularly open to visitors, but all can now be savoured and enjoyed along with those who know them best.

]]> Secret Gardeners https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/secret-gardeners/ Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/secret-gardeners/ A captivating photographic portrait of twenty-five gardens by the UKs foremost creative talents, including world-renowned artists, musicians, actors, writers, producers and designers.]]> ‘The  Secret Gardeners  is a WONDERFUL book.   Just beautiful. It will live, page open, on my coffee table.’ Prue Leith (one of the  Secret Gardeners)

The Secret Gardeners is a captivating photographic portrait of the private gardening passions of 25 of the UKs foremost artists, designers, actors, producers, composers, playwrights, sculptors and musicians.

It  includes composers Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh;  oligarch Evgeny Lebedev; entrepreneur Richard Branson; architect Anish Kapoor; actors Jeremy Irons,  Rupert Everett, Griff Rhys Jones  and Terry Gilliam; chef Prue Leith; musicians Ozzy Osbourne,Nick Mason  and Sting; playwright  Julian Fellowes; film director Paul Weiland; and designers Kirstie Allsopp and Cath Kidston.

Accompanying meaty essays explaining the owners’ inspiration and passion are stunningly-reproduced photographs revealing the beautiful gardens that the public rarely see.

Amongst these gardeners you’ll find the plantaholics, the scene-changers, the view makers, the weeders, the hot-colour fanatics and those who use their garden to retreat from public life.  

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