A garden a day

Chivers, Ruth

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An exploration of gardens through the ages and across the globe in 366 daily entries, from the ancient hanging gardens of Babylon to vegetable gardens in space.

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Publish Date: 09/11/2023
ISBN: 9781849947893 Category: Tag:

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An exploration of gardens through the ages and across the globe in 366 daily entries, from the ancient hanging gardens of Babylon to a vegetable plot on the International Space Station.

In this fascinating and beautifully illustrated collection, garden writer Ruth Chivers presents a garden for every day of the year. It’s a sumptuous journey through garden history, design, horticulture, literary inspiration, folklore and poetry.

From Sissinghurst to Versailles, from the medieval poem ‘The Romance of the Rose’ to the latest horticultural details of a rewilded garden, from imaginary gardens in literature to the real gardens that inspired Van Gogh and Orwell, here are absorbing garden stories for the whole year.

Botanical paintings sit next to historic plans and the very best garden photography. The entries are annotated with intriguing facts and inspiring ideas, telling the stories of gardens past, present and even future.

A true celebration of gardens, A Garden A Day is a beautiful and essential book for any gardener that brings home the wonder of these spaces to all of us.

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Weight 567 g
Dimensions 221 × 156 × 37 mm
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Cover

Hardback

Pages

368

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

635 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K