The garden anthology
Subtitle: celebrating the best garden writing from the Royal Horticultural Society
By: edited by Ursula Buchan ; illustrated by Jenny Bowers
Contributors: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
Edition: First Frances Lincoln ed.
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780711234857; 9781781011607
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Gardens; Literary collections; Gardening; Gardens in literature; Plants in literature
Description: This Royal Horticultural Society-branded anthology presents the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. [The monthly magazine was first published in 1871 as The Journal of the RHS, today it goes free to all RHS members which total 360,000 in the UK.] Collected and curated by Ursula Buchan, herself an anthologist, this title presents a narrative of thoughts and opinions for keen gardeners to help navigate the gardening year, and comprises the best writing from the last 20 years. This book will include short essays, opinions, thoughts and excerpts from garden writers and designers such as Cleve West, Christopher Lloyd, John Brookes, Noel Kingsbury, Andy Sturgeon, Tim Richardson, Anne Wareham, Lia Leendertz, Ursula Buchan, Nigel Colborne, Mary Keen, James Alexander-Sinclair under the universally-appealing subjects of: Growing your own; Garden Wildlife; Garden Design; The Environment; Garden Fashion; The Seasons; Trials and Tribulations and more.
Notes: Includes index.