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Thoughtful Gardening: Great Plants, Great Gardens, Great GardenersStock informationGeneral Fields
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Description"Thoughtful Gardening" is based on Robin Lane Fox's own selection from his widely admired "FT" column, which he has rewritten and amplified with new chapters to take readers on a highly enjoyable journey through each season of the gardening year. It draws on his lifetime of practical gardening, including his years as Garden Master of New College, Oxford, and contains many memories of fellow gardeners, from Christopher Lloyd to Nancy Lancaster. The book is essential reading for anyone setting out on a new garden or taking stock of one. It takes a critical look at fashions of the moment and is full of advice, ranging from problems with badgers to how to take root-cuttings or choose flowering trees, as well as examples of gardens at home and abroad which Robin Lane Fox has visited over many years. "Thoughtful Gardening" combines a principled view of the craft of gardening with dozens of new ideas for planting and visiting, and touching reminders of the power of literature and art to deepen what we see and realize in gardens of our own. ReviewsReview by Ann Chapman Author of "Missionaries Wives & Roses", "Roses from Myths, Legends & Literature" & "Women in my Rose Garden" One of my greatest joys when living in England was the Saturday morning Financial Times. My husband would read the financial pages being a much more serious person than me, and I would head straight to the gardening section. Kids forgotten, jug of good, hot, strong black coffee to hand I would read the weekly column by Robin Lane Fox. He became my guru for his knowledge, lyrical style, and his humour. From him I learnt about thugs, what not to grow, how to grow and what simply charmed him. All written in the hand of a classical scholar. Robin is not only a fellow and tutor in ancient history at New College at Oxford University but he also is their garden master. His award winning books span Alexander The Great and The Classical World – An Epic History of Greece and Rome to Better Gardening and Variations on a Garden. Both garden books are much loved and well thumbed by me. They are a source of gardening inspiration and writing inspiration. |