Virago Book Of Women Gardeners

Kellaway, Deborah

£14.99

From diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to trend-setters, plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of ‘The Making of an English Country Garden’ and ‘Favourite Flowers’, has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humoured advice.

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Publish Date: 01/09/2016
ISBN: 9780349008653 Category: Tags: ,

Description

From diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to trend-setters, plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers , has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humoured advice. Colette, Margery Fish, Germaine Greer, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, Vita Sackville-West, Rosemary Verey, Edith Wharton and Dorothy Wordsworth are some of the writers represented in this book.

Additional information

Weight 485 g
Dimensions 224 × 174 × 32 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages
Language

English

Edition
Dewey

635.082 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K