The Making of a Garden"A selection from the writings of Gertrude Jekyll, known the world over for her garden designs. Art school trained, she became a craftswoman of great skill and imagination, till increasingly poor eyesight forced her to abandon close work. It was at this stage of her life that she turned her seemingly inexhaustible resource wholeheartedly to the creation of her gardens and writing about her gardening experiences... The anthology takes us through the making and management of gardens, the disasters and delights encountered along the way, the practicalities, and pleasures involved..."--Publisher description. |
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