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A01=Anna Pavord
A01=Brent Elliott
A01=Ursula Buchan
Author_Anna Pavord
Author_Brent Elliott
Author_Ursula Buchan
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Product details
- ISBN 9780500298466
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 165 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 24 Apr 2025
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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A glorious photographic record of the postwar English gardening scene by one of the people at its epicentre.
Roald Dahl and his family in their garden at Great Missenden; Nancy Lancaster, society hostess and interior designer, sporting an elegant straw sombrero and snipping delicately at her roses; Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst – these and many other dedicated gardeners are captured here by the discerning eye of Valerie Finnis.
With a spectacular cast of characters at home in their gardens, weeding, inspecting, watering and standing proudly by their plants, wearing the clothes and fashions of the day, and epitomizing life and society in the second half of the 20th century, this book will be devoured by anyone with a love of British gardens or horticulture in general.
Roald Dahl and his family in their garden at Great Missenden; Nancy Lancaster, society hostess and interior designer, sporting an elegant straw sombrero and snipping delicately at her roses; Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst – these and many other dedicated gardeners are captured here by the discerning eye of Valerie Finnis.
With a spectacular cast of characters at home in their gardens, weeding, inspecting, watering and standing proudly by their plants, wearing the clothes and fashions of the day, and epitomizing life and society in the second half of the 20th century, this book will be devoured by anyone with a love of British gardens or horticulture in general.
Ursula Buchan is an award-winning garden journalist and author who has contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines. She trained as a gardener at the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens at Wisley and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and has also presented two television series. Her many books include Gardening for Pleasure, Back to the Garden, The English Garden and Beyond the Thirty-Nine Steps: A Life of John Buchan.
