A Year in the Life of Beth Chatto's Gardens
If you can't make the trip to Beth Chatto's famous Essex garden, looking at A year in the Life of Beth Chatto's Gardens is the next best thing... Rachel Warne is someone to watch, with a feeling for how things grow and the way light falls. Add words by Fergus Garrett and you have a book that is useful as well as beautiful. BBC Gardens Illustrated Rachel Warne has trained her lens on the vivid foliage and flowers that dominate these beautiful spaces. Fergus Garrett's words are a perfect companion and really help to bring out the character of the images. Amateur Photographer For visual food for thought, A Year in the Life of Beth Chatto's Gardens is a sumptuous photographic guide to her Essex gardens. Guardian An excellent coffee-table book with stunning photographs of individual plants and views of the garden, this is the story of a garden's year told in pictures, and a tribute to an inspirational gardener... A visual treat for gardeners of all abilities. We Love This Book An important visual record of a garden that has become one of the most notable of the twentieth and twenty first centuries. House and Garden Once you have seen this book you will want to visit the gardens. Suffolk Norfolk Life The perfect gift for gardening friends. Four Shires Warne's close-up and macro flowers are gorgeous, and it will make you want to explore the world at a slower pace, appreciating colours and playful light Outdoor Photography If ever you needed proof that a garden can have year-round interest, this book provides it...We're given the chance to take a walk through a one-off garden, guaranteed to fill us with admiration for Chatto's achievements and renewed enthusiasm for our own plots Scotsman Magazine captured beautifully -- Emma Townshend Independent on Sunday The most desireable gardening book of the year and it repays long and careful attention, not just a quick browse Evening Standard This beautifully assembled tribute to one of England's most influencial and wonderful gardens will delight anyone who has ever tried to make things grow Good Book Guide