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What do the famous actor, the bestselling novelist, the international musician and the model have in common? Like millions of us, they love their gardens - and with good reason, too. Gardening is an art form through which everyone from lords to labourers can express themselves. In the words of that grande dame of gardeners Penelope Hobhouse, `Gardening makes people happy.' And, as gardening editor of the Sunday Times, Caroline Donald has been allowed beyond the gate of many a private paradise both in Britain and abroad to share this passion. Included in The Generous Gardener are the stories, in words and pictures, of more than forty private gardens, including those belonging to Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton, Jilly Cooper, William Christie, Harrison Birtwhistle, Kelly Brook, Natasha Spender, Catherine FitzGerald and Dominic West, Julian and Isabel Bannerman, Penelope Hobhouse, Bob Flowerdew, Roy Lancaster, Luciano Giubbilei, and Dan Pearson.

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The book reminds us how tenuous a garden's existence is . . . but this sense of just how ephemeral they are only makes them seem more special. * Gardens Illustrated * A fascinating read. * House and Garden * A perfect antidote to a dull, wet and dreary autumnal day. It's a pick up and browse gem to lift the spirits and reinforce what we all know - that gardening is good for you! * Reckless Gardener * A perfect source of ideas. * The Times * Enjoying my journey through her book I felt at the end that I'd been to a grand garden party, catching up with a few old pals and making several new friends. And I learnt a lot, too - about plants as well as human behaviour in its eternally-confusing diversity. -- David Wheeler * Hortus *

The book reminds us how tenuous a garden's existence is . . . but this sense of just how ephemeral they are only makes them seem more special. * Gardens Illustrated * A fascinating read. * House and Garden * A perfect antidote to a dull, wet and dreary autumnal day. It's a pick up and browse gem to lift the spirits and reinforce what we all know - that gardening is good for you! * Reckless Gardener * A perfect source of ideas. * The Times *

The book reminds us how tenuous a garden's existence is . . . but this sense of just how ephemeral they are only makes them seem more special. * Gardens Illustrated * A fascinating read. * House and Garden *

The book reminds us how tenuous a garden's existence is . . . but this sense of just how ephemeral they are only makes them seem more special. * Gardens Illustrated * A fascinating read. * House and Garden * A perfect antidote to a dull, wet and dreary autumnal day. It's a pick up and browse gem to lift the spirits and reinforce what we all know - that gardening is good for you! * Reckless Gardener *

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Caroline Donald was gardening editor of the Sunday Times for twenty years. A writer and editor with a particular interest in the cross-pollination of gardening, design and the arts - both high and domestic - she has also curated successful series of garden talks at Messum's gallery in Wiltshire and Durslade, the Somerset outpost of the international art gallery Hauser & Wirth. She has an unruly cottage garden in Somerset.

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