Garden Wisdom [Hardcover]

The entire volume is a joy to immerse yourself in --Gardens Illustrated...a delightful little book containing an abundance of practical advice from more than 50 well-known gardeners... --House & Garden

This is a book to delight in, to learn from, and to return to as all the seasons pass --Country Life

Full of wit and wisdom as well as gorgeous illustrations by Angie Lewin --Living North

Delightful to behold and thoroughly useful --Elle Decoration

Full of wit and wisdom as well as gorgeous illustrations by Angie Lewin --Living North

This anthology of practical advice from more than 50 eminent gardeners is full of wit, wisdom and experience. Comprising extracts on subjects as varied as water gardens and window-boxes, lettuce and lupins, it offers insights into the patience and versatility required of the successful gardener as he or she negotiates the vagaries of soil, climate and the seasons to say nothing of the temperamental behaviour of different plants. From the elegant prose of Sir George Sitwell, evoking the sea-maidens and gold-red fish that might lurk beneath the surface of a water-basin to Vita Sackville-West describing the glories of the scent of thyme and Anna Pavord recounting her tribulations and triumphs with tulips, there is something here to inspire every gardener, whether novice or seasoned professional, all year round. Exquisitely illustrated with prints by the artist Angie Lewin, this is a delightful, useful and thoroughly engaging book.

LESLIE GEDDES-BROWN is a leading gardens writer. Her books include The Walled Garden (2007) and The Water Garden (2008), both published by Merrell. ANGIE LEWIN, a member of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers and the Society of Wood Engravers, has exhibited her work around the United Kingdom.