Garden Wisdom - Tapa dura

The entire volume is a pleasure to immerse yourself in - GARDENS ILLUSTRATED Every now and then a gardening book drops onto my desk that makes me sit up and take notice: Garden Wisdom, compiled by Leslie Geddes-Brown, is one of them - THE GUARDIAN This is a book to delight in, to learn from, and to return to as all the seasons pass - JENNY UGLOW FROM COUNTRY LIFE Reading this book is like going on a gardening course without having to do the work - NATIONAL TRUST MAGAZINE For clever advice and beautiful illustrations, delve between the covers of Garden Wisdom - COUNTRY LIVING A delightful little book containing an abundance of practical advice from more than 50 well-known gardeners, both historical and contemporary - HOUSE & GARDEN Delightful to behold and thoroughly useful - ELLE DECORATION

This anthology of practical advice from more than 50 eminent gardeners is full of wit, wisdom and experience. Comprising extracts on subjects as varied as water gardens and window-boxes, lettuce and lupins, it offers insights into the patience and versatility required of the successful gardener as he or she negotiates the vagaries of soil, climate and the seasons - to say nothing of the temperamental behaviour of different plants. From the elegant prose of Sir George Sitwell, evoking the sea-maidens and gold-red fish that might lurk beneath the surface of a water-basin to Vita Sackville-West describing the glories of the scent of thyme and Anna Pavord recounting her tribulations and triumphs with tulips, there is something here to inspire every gardener, whether novice or seasoned professional, all year round. Exquisitely illustrated with prints by the artist Angie Lewin, this is a delightful, useful and thoroughly engaging book.