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The Julia Child of gardening shares her own successes and failures in a beautiful new edition.
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Beth Chatto has become one of the great gardening writers of our time and enjoys an international reputation. Sharing the hopes and successes - and sometimes failures - of her work, she reveals here what is really involved in maintaining a unique and flourishing garden. Written from notes she kept, this engaging, often surprising book offers help on a whole range of topics.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is such a great read, whether you've been to Beth Chatto's wonderful garden and are already a big fan, or even if you've never heard of her before today.
Beth Chatto started a nursery and garden with her husband in 1960, on land in Essex he used to farm for fruit. It has become one of the most famous spots in England due to her wonderful books, which preach a message of planting according to the situation you have, not according to what you wish was there. This forethinking message might seem familiar to us today, but in her own time it was revolutionary and influential - if you have a damp garden, or a dry garden (she had bits of both) accept it and work with what you have instead of against it.
This is not to say that her style of gardening is somehow lacking the colour and texture of more extrovert planters. She is an expert plantswoman and walking round her garden you stop every ten metres to take a photo or wonder at a plant.
This book is a whole year's worth of diary, detailing her love for her grandchildren, her delight in her potting compost mixer, and her interesting visitors, ranging from the Japanese work experience boy to nosy parkers who don't believe she actually is Beth Chatto. And that's before you get started on any of the writing about plants, which is just delightful.
I mostly read this book on the tube and it was completely involving, I often totally forgot where I was, I was so lost in Essex and her brilliantly-put insights and thoughts on gardening. 100% enjoyable, and a great gift for any gardener.
Beth Chatto started a nursery and garden with her husband in 1960, on land in Essex he used to farm for fruit. It has become one of the most famous spots in England due to her wonderful books, which preach a message of planting according to the situation you have, not according to what you wish was there. This forethinking message might seem familiar to us today, but in her own time it was revolutionary and influential - if you have a damp garden, or a dry garden (she had bits of both) accept it and work with what you have instead of against it.
This is not to say that her style of gardening is somehow lacking the colour and texture of more extrovert planters. She is an expert plantswoman and walking round her garden you stop every ten metres to take a photo or wonder at a plant.
This book is a whole year's worth of diary, detailing her love for her grandchildren, her delight in her potting compost mixer, and her interesting visitors, ranging from the Japanese work experience boy to nosy parkers who don't believe she actually is Beth Chatto. And that's before you get started on any of the writing about plants, which is just delightful.
I mostly read this book on the tube and it was completely involving, I often totally forgot where I was, I was so lost in Essex and her brilliantly-put insights and thoughts on gardening. 100% enjoyable, and a great gift for any gardener.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A classic. Beautifully written. Her voice is clear, unpretentious and very warm.
I'm still reading through it as I read it as each month arrives. A pleasure.
Surely a reprint is worth the bother. She's one of our greatest living gardeners.
I'm still reading through it as I read it as each month arrives. A pleasure.
Surely a reprint is worth the bother. She's one of our greatest living gardeners.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book gives a very interesting insight into the life of an incredibly busy and successful woman who not only created one of the best gardens in England but also a very successful nursery.
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