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Margery Fish - Cottage Garden Flowers - 9781849943635 - V9781849943635
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Cottage Garden Flowers

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Description for Cottage Garden Flowers Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WMD; WMPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.

In this classic 1960s gardening book, Margery Fish's advice and enthusiasm for horticulture has stood the test of time and remains a go-to book for green-thumbed gardeners today. She guides the reader through techniques for creating and maintaining a cottage garden with humour and ease, perfect for both beginners and experienced gardeners.

In her imaginative adaption of the traditional cottage garden style that she saw disappearing around her, she brought together old-fashioned plants and contemporary plants in the same vein. Today's mixed borders are a direct descendant of the style Margery Fish created at East Lambrook Manor in Somerset, now ... Read more

Cottage Garden Flowers covers plants that grow easily and naturally in British soil, including easy, adaptable bulbs, perennials and shrubs, such as Astrantia, columbines, daffodils, daisies, Dianthus, foxgloves, hollyhocks, Japonica, old roses, Phlox, Primula, or Virburnum. No longer in danger of being forgotten, these traditional flowering plants have now res-established their place at the heart of garden design. Graham Rice, the widely published gardening author and the former London Evening Standard gardening correspondent, has reviewed the plant names in the original text, providing a plant name section at the back of the book. This allows readers to identify current plants from the old Latin names within the text.

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Product Details

Publisher
Batsford Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849943635
SKU
V9781849943635
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5

About Margery Fish
Margery Fish was one of the most admired gardeners and garden writers of her day, after Vita Sackville-West. Her many articles and books inspired garden enthusiasts with her easy read knowledge and observation. A passion for nature and ability to mix plants effectively even in the smallest space and in differing environments, made her ideas relevant to all ... Read more

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