The Virago Book Of Women Gardeners

Name: The Virago Book Of Women Gardeners
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780349008653
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By Deborah Kellaway

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The Virago Book Of Women Gardeners by Deborah Kellaway celebrates the diverse roles women have played in gardening from the 18th century to today. This collection features extracts from notable women gardeners, writers, and designers such as Vita Sackville-West, Germaine Greer, and Dorothy Wordsworth. The book offers a mix of anecdotes, practical advice, and cultural insight, blending historical perspectives with the artistry and passion women have brought to garden creation and appreciation.
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Ideal for readers with an interest in gardening, women's history, and literary collections relating to horticulture. This volume will especially appeal to those who appreciate the intersection of garden artistry and women's cultural contributions.

The Virago Book of Women Gardeners From diggers and weeders, to plantswomen and landscape designers, women have contributed greatly to the world of gardening. This book contains collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, from writers including Colette, Germaine Greer, Vita Sackville-West, and Dorothy Wordsworth

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From diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to trend-setters, plantswomen to landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway, author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers, has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day, to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humoured advice.

Colette, Margery Fish, Germaine Greer, Eleanor Sinclair Rohde, Vita Sackville-West, Rosemary Verey, Edith Wharton and Dorothy Wordsworth are some of the writers represented in this book.

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Praised as a "glorious and fertile compendium" by the Independent, this book is lauded for its rich, well-curated content. Lynne Truss of the Sunday Times calls it "boldly edited" with continuous interest akin to a perfectly planted garden border. The Observer describes it as an "intelligent and tender" exploration of human potential, while Woman and Home highlights it as a delight for both gardening and literature enthusiasts.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780349008653

Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 September 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Virago Press Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 174.0mm

Height: 224.0mm

Weight: 485g

Pages: 352

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Deborah Kellaway Education & Reference Home & Garden Non-Fiction

About the Author

Deborah Kellaway was born in Australia and came to Oxford in the late 1940s to read English and spent the rest of her working life teaching English Literature. She later developed a passion for gardening has been writing about it ever since!