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Why do owners want to open their gardens, and why do people want to visit them This book answers these questions. It offers a worldwide survey of garden philosophies, and the modern phenomenon of garden tourism. It is suitable for garden visitors, garden owners, and garden designers.

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A personal invitation into the private gardens and private lives of a roll call of fascinating (and mostly famous) people, in varied walks of life

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Scent Magic author Isabel Bannerman's selection of favourite pieces evoking the scent of plants, stunningly illustrated with her unique botanical photographs

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The Story of the English Garden is the National Trust's accessible history of the nation's gardens, sumptuously illustrated and artfully curated.

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A book that debunks the popular myth that William Wordsworth was, first and foremost, a poet of daffodils, Wordsworth's Gardens and Flowers: The Spirit of Paradise provides a vivid account of Wordsworth as a gardening poet who not only wrote about gardens and flowers but also designed - and physically worked in - his gardens.

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Nestled in the green and rolling hills of the Southern Highlands of New South Wales is Whitley, a gardener's paradise. Yet Whitley is also home, as well as sanctuary and inspiration, for gardener Jenny Ferguson. In A Year in My Garden, Jenny welcomes us into her private world and shares the glory of the passing seasons at Whitley.

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This gorgeous gift book follows a year in the life of the royal garden at Buckingham Palace. Gardening insights and tips from the Head Gardener, Mark Lane, are presented alongside atmospheric photography and an an authoritative text, including royal anecdotes.

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Derek Jarman's garden is in the flat expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness, Kent. He mixed the flint, shells and driftwood of Dungeness with indigenous and introduced plants. This book is his own record of how this garden evolved, from its beginnings in 1985.

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Simon Griffiths has captured his favourite 20 country-style gardens and shared the knowledge he has gleaned from fellow garden lovers who have created a kind of secret gardening network. One where cuttings are exchanged between friends and planting successes and failures are recounted over neighbourhood fences.

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Kiftsgate Court, perched on the northern edge of the Cotswolds Hills in Gloucestershire, is a garden composed of many different scenes. Three women have tended Kiftsgate, each one its driving force for a third of a century, and each building on the legacy of the previous generation.

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Celebrates, in the Bannermans inimitable, evocative, humorous and highly personal style, the imaginative and practical process of designing, making and planting their stunning gardens

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Illustrated with beautiful period botanical watercolours and vibrant photographs The Secrets of Great Botanists delves into the lives of 35 revolutionary botanists driven by an insatiable desire to learn and discover, so that we might benefit from improved crops, medicines or gardens, showing what ordinary gardeners can learn from their legacies.

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Gardening in wartime Britain was a part of the fight for freedom. This book tells the story of how Britain's wartime government encouraged and cajoled its citizens to grow their own fruit and vegetables.

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New from the bestselling author of A Layered Garden, A Year at Brandywine Garden shows home gardeners how to enjoy twelve months of their gardens bounty, both outdoors and in. It urges readers to see their home gardens as an important part of a complete and fulfilling lifestyle.

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A New York Times bestseller, now revised and updated, All the Presidents' Gardens shares the rich history of the White House Grounds, revealing how the story of the garden is also the story of America.

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In this guide Professor Beverley Glover, introduces the reader to highlights from the eclectic, wonderful collections of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

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The formal gardens of Elizabethan England were among the glories of their age