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OverviewGardening writer Diana Ross visits twenty gardens and interviews their owners, including Roy Lancaster, Thomas Pakenham, Lady Salisbury, Beth Chatto and James Lovelock. She learns about their relationship with plants, who and what have inspired them, and how they approach the pleasures and challenges of garden making. Some are famous horticulturalists and designers, others have a more tangential relationship with gardening. The full list of gardeners is: Roy RobertsTony Hall Roy Lancaster Tony Schilling Christian LambThomas Pakenham Hugh JohnsonGeoffrey Dutton Lady Salisbury Penelope LivelyBeth Chatto Elizabeth Jane Howard Donald WatererAnthea Gibson Dan Pearson Kim Wilkie Ronald Blythe Richard Mabey James LovelockLucinda Lambton 'She brings a lovely sense of discovery to each of her victims' Hugh Johnson Full Product DetailsAuthor: Diana Ross , Howard SooleyPublisher: Quarto Publishing PLC Imprint: Frances Lincoln Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.10cm Weight: 0.420kg ISBN: 9780711228962ISBN 10: 0711228965 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 13 November 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsRoss has chosen her subjects well. They have one thing in common: they are all exceptional. Her collection is absorbing reading. Waterstone's Books Quarterly Author InformationDiana Ross is an amateur gardener who turned her hand to writing relatively recently. She began writing for Hortus in 1995, and in 2000 began her series of interviews with gardeners. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |