Book review – gardening
Nothing’s coming up roses in the garden these days
Emotional geography is now a recognised academic subject. Is emotional botany heading the same way? This is a year for…
The real gardeners’ questions answered
Why is it that gardening in the public prints is so often treated as a fluffy subject for fluffy people?…
The quirkiest garden book Roy Strong has read in years
Incredulity is rarely a word that crosses my mind when it comes to garden writing. This genre can, of course,…
This beautiful new history of Kew Gardens needs a bit of weeding
Edward Bawden’s Kew Gardens is a beautiful book. Lovers of early 20th-century British art will find it hard to stop…
Recycling Sackville-West style
Here’s a book co-authored by one dead woman and one living one. Sarah Raven is the second wife of Adam…
