The Royal Horticultural Society
Author(s): Charles Elliot
A companion to The RHS Treasure of Garden Verse, this anthology presents a selection of garden writing spanning the globe and the centuries. Writers from Francis Bacon to Thoreau, Jane Austen to Karel Capek have been inspired by gardens and gardening, and here there is something for everyone - classic pieces and perennial favourites, and some surprising finds. Each pieces is illustrated with a botanical print, and engraving or a watercolour drawing from the remarkable collection of the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library. The only illustrated book of garden writing on the market An ideal gift book, to appeal to lovers of literature and gardening Will showcase some of the most beautiful artwork from the enormous range of material in the RHS Lindley Library
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Charles Elliott is an editor and writer who lives in London and gardens in Monmouth near the Welsh border. He is a regular contributor to Horticulture magazine, and has been a magazine editor and senior editor for Alfred A. Knopf in New York. He has written A Gap in the Hedge: Dispatches from the Extraordinary World of British Gardening, The Potting Shed Papers (Frances Lincoln, 2002) and The Transplanted Gardener (Frances Lincoln, 2004), as well as edited The Quotable Gardener, The Quotable Cat Lover and The Greatest Cat Stories Ever Told.
General Fields
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- : francl
- : francl
- : 0.549
- : 01 March 2005
- : 201mm X 135mm X 22mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Charles Elliot
- : Hardback
- : 635
- : 160
- : 60 colour illustrations