Tales of the Old Gardeners by Jean Stone
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Tales of the Old Gardeners
Summary
A series of interviews with gardeners who have devoted their working lives to creating and nurturing National Trust and private gardens open to the public. Their memories are interspersed with stories, sayings and anecdotes, many of which are drawn from old gardening books and catalogues.
Tales of the Old Gardeners Summary
Table of Contents
Never look back - Edgar Spillett, Kent; each man for himself - Peter Pippet, Dorset; the old world - John Borthwick, Northumberland and Bedfordshire; father of arboriculture - Hubert Taylor, Cumbria and London; son of the soil - Tom Long, Hampshire; boys and girls and gardens - Bob Gates, Surrey and Gloucestershire; new potatoes - George Wright, Lothian; rivers and woods - Jack Lilly, Cornwall; they were good times - Dennis Lindup, Clwyd, Bedfordshire and Warwickshire; straight rows are a must - Jim Bourne, Surrey; run rabbit run - Peter Burd, Sutherland; chocolate and flowers - Dick Dobson and Jack Botterill, Birmingham; the beekeeper - H.W. Crowson, Wiltshire; pulling together - the Riley family, Gloucestershire.
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GOR001227955
9780715312636
0715312634
Tales of the Old Gardeners by Jean Stone
Used - Very Good
Paperback
David & Charles
20010927
192
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