Notes from the Garden - Couverture rigide

Petrie, Ruth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0852651279 ISBN 13 : 9780852651278

Editeur : Guardian Books, 2009

Synopsis

Chronicling the relationship between British people and their gardens, from 1856 to the present day

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ruth Petrie is a freelance editor. She selected articles for Cuttings: A Year in the Garden with Christopher Lloyd (2007) and The Guardian Book of the Countryside (2008).

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

A delightful potted history of gardens and gardening from the Guardian archive.

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Whether covering the opening of the Manchester Zoological Gardens in 1838, commenting on the village school gardens of Cheadle Hulme and Alsager in 1905 or documenting the 'Dig for Victory' campaign in 1939, the Guardian has devoted countless column inches throughout its history to satisfying the seemingly insatiable British passion for gardening.

Notes from the Garden is a selection of the most beguiling green-fingered pieces from the paper's archive, including contributions from writers such as Ronald Blythe, James Fenton and Nancy Banks-Smith, not to mention that late, great battler against gardening pretension, Christopher Lloyd. As well as charting the broad movements of British gardening history over the past 150 years, from cottage gardening and allotment keeping to landscaping and the inexorable rise in popularity of the garden centre, it includes delightful asides such as a letter condemning the fashion for 'damnable tight trousers' that made gardening a contortionist's art and the 2003 'cull' of Derbyshire garden gnomes.

For anyone who likes to spend their days cultivating their own garden, this book is the perfect evening companion.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Guardian Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0852651279
• ISBN 13: 9780852651278
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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