Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening: With the Vices and Virtues of its Gardeners - Hardcover

Musgrave, Toby; National Trust Books

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ISBN 10: 1905400462 ISBN 13: 9781905400461

Verlag: National Trust Books, 2006

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For a lighthearted look at the history of gardens through the characters who owned and created them, this book offers stories of greed, gluttony, pride, lust, wrath, sloth and envy, alongside the glaring opposite - tales of great kindness, love and generosity. From the garden owner who blew more money on ferns in one shopping trip than she paid her Head Gardener in a year, to Winston Churchill, wading knee-deep in the mud of his beloved garden at Chartwell, and from the intrepid plant hunters of the 19th century to the landowner who replaced an entire village with a more attractive bluebell wood, these stories of gardens, their owners and their gardeners are filled with history and intrigue.

Biografía del autor

Toby Musgrave is a leading garden history writer and garden consultant. He has co-presented two series of Lost Gardens (Channel 4) and ITV's The Great Garden Guide. On radio, he was the originator of, and major contributor to, Radio 4's six-part The British Garden. A regular contributor to many magazines and newspapers, he is also the author of 'The Plant Hunters', 'An Empire of Plants', 'Courtyard Gardens' and 'Cottage Gardens'.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: National Trust Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1905400462
• ISBN 13: 9781905400461
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176