Yeah, yeah, I know I have too many gardening books. We all do. I flat won’t believe anyone who says they don’t. I can’t resist ’em. I devour them; pore over them in bed at night. I have many favourites. But there are a handful that never leave my bedside. They are my comfort books,…
Category: Book reviews
How to Make a Garden Grow
William Heath Robinson and KRG Browne. Bodleian Library KRG Browne, William Heath Robinson’s long-time co-conspirator, is the first to admit that while he can “easily distinguish the scent of violets from that of a glue factory,” he and Mr Heath Robinson have not hitherto been known as “really first class gardeners”. Freed from the responsibility…
Capability Brown and His Landscape Gardens
Sarah Rutherford, Pavilion Books Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and I enjoy a slightly awkward relationship. Don’t get me wrong, I love his landscapes and never pass up an opportunity to visit any of his gardens. Stowe, Croome, Wallington, Blenheim, Petworth – the list goes on and on; infinitely it would seem, since according to author Sarah Rutherford he was…
The Event Gardener 