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Category Archives: garden words

Garden words: Purely for medicinal purposes

March 11, 2017

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

June 7, 2016

It is a rare garden writer whose words make you look entirely differently at the plants you have known all …

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Garden words: The January Review

January 10, 2013

The Garden in Winter Rosemary Verey This is possibly the definitive work on making your garden look a million dollars …

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Garden words: The February Review

February 20, 2012

The Morville Hoursby Katherine Swift This beautiful, heartfelt, classic work of garden writing is poised just at the point where …

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Garden words: The January Review

January 2, 2012

Wicked Bugs Amy Stewart There are some books that just make you go ‘Well. I never knew that.’ And then …

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Garden words: The May review

May 4, 2011

Home Ground: Sanctuary in the CityDan Pearson You know, I do sometimes wonder why Dan Pearson ever became a garden …

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Garden words: The February review

February 27, 2011

It’s a brave man who sets out to write a book about weeds. It’s about the most unpromising topic you …

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Garden words: The January review

January 7, 2011

I have many books about garden design on my bookshelf. The likes of Robin Williams, John Brookes, Tim Newbury, Piet …

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Garden words: Cooks and gardeners

November 29, 2010

‘Monsieur Milbert has the disposition and the unmistakeable uniform of any French gardener. He is invariably clad in tall rubber …

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Garden words: Gardens as Art #2

January 28, 2010

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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