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Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
161 kr
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An elegant new edition of a classic book from one of the twentieth century’s greatest garden writers.This landmark work on creating a garden was first published in 1956 and has rarely been out of print since. We Made a Garden is the story of how Margery Fish, one of the leading British gardeners of the mid-20th century, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, England. Quirky and readable, this book details her creation of a world-renowned cottage garden, as well as her battles with Walter in the process, who preferred the standard suburban approach.In this beautiful and timeless work, she recounts the trials and tribulations, the successes and failures of her venture with ease and humour. Topics covered are colourful and diverse, ranging from the most suitable hyssop for the terraced garden through composting, hedges and making paths to the best time to lift and replant tulip bulbs. This book has been hailed as everything from a blueprint for the creation of a modern cottage garden to a feminist manifesto, and the author’s practical knowledge, imaginative ideas and general good sense will encourage and inspire gardeners everywhere.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
102 kr
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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 once again open to the public.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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Spanska, 2024149 kr
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«Todos tenemos mucho que aprender, y cada nuevo jardín encierra una nueva oportunidad de hallar inspiración. Aunque nos sepamos de memoria un jardín, el año tiene doce meses, y cada mes ofrece un jardín diferente con muchos hallazgos inesperados.»Este libro fue el origen de todo lo que vendría luego para Margery Fish y para muchos jardineros del mundo que se inspiraron en su trabajo. En la década de 1930, cuando la guerra ya se cernía sobre ellos, Margery y su marido Walter se marcharon de Londres y compraron una casa en ruinas y un corral en East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, con la intención de rehabilitar la y hacer un jardín. Este libro es el relato de su aventura. Margery y Walter tenían ideas muy contrapuestas acerca del jardín. En primer lugar, estaba el jardín que Walter quería: un desfile suburbano reglamentado de senderos, césped y dalias. Y luego estaba el jardín que Margery anhelaba y que de hecho creó con éxito en los años posteriores a la muerte de su marido en 1947: una especie de jardín armonioso, informal y espumoso, con sus bordes llenos de flores «verdes» y sus rincones sombreados repletos de flores.En 1956, Vita Sackville-West escribió una reseña del libro para The Observer y no escatimó en elogios. «Es», —dijo— «de una mujer que, con su marido, creó de montones de basura el tipo de jardín que a todos nos gustaría tener, desafío cualquier jardinero a no encontrar en estas memorias placer, estímulo y felicidad».