Garden words: Purely for medicinal purposes
The Gardener’s Companion to Medicinal Plants Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Confession time: I do like to self-medicate. Not, I must …
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Gardening words: A veritable cabaret
It is a rare garden writer whose words make you look entirely differently at the plants you have known all …
Garden words: The January Review
The Garden in Winter Rosemary Verey This is possibly the definitive work on making your garden look a million dollars …
Garden words: The February Review
The Morville Hoursby Katherine Swift This beautiful, heartfelt, classic work of garden writing is poised just at the point where …
Garden words: The January Review
Wicked Bugs Amy Stewart There are some books that just make you go ‘Well. I never knew that.’ And then …
Garden words: The May review
Home Ground: Sanctuary in the CityDan Pearson You know, I do sometimes wonder why Dan Pearson ever became a garden …
Garden words: The February review
It’s a brave man who sets out to write a book about weeds. It’s about the most unpromising topic you …
Garden words: The January review
I have many books about garden design on my bookshelf. The likes of Robin Williams, John Brookes, Tim Newbury, Piet …
Garden words: Cooks and gardeners
‘Monsieur Milbert has the disposition and the unmistakeable uniform of any French gardener. He is invariably clad in tall rubber …
Garden words: Gardens as Art #2
I must confess I find portraits a bit boring. Those po-faced people you see lining the oak-panelled walls of stately …
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