Name: The Well-Chosen Garden By Christopher Lloyd
SKU: 9781474619875
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The Well-Chosen Garden Summary

The Well-Chosen Garden by Christopher Lloyd

The perfect book on how to make your garden the best it can be.

'Essential reading' Country Life

'Funny, encouraging, informative' Sunday Times

Would your garden, small or large, in town or country, win a prize? Is there room for improvement?

Everybody has favourite plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired. THE WELL-CHOSEN GARDEN will guide you to making the most of your available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and many other pitfalls of garden planning.

The perfect book for new and experienced gardeners alike.

The Well-Chosen Garden Reviews

Lloyd writes as if he were talking, volubly and well. He is funny, encouraging, informative * SUNDAY TIMES *
Essential reading * COUNTRY LIFE *
The text is lucid, informative and light-hearted; beautifully and usefully illustrated * HOUSE & GARDEN *
He was the best informed, liveliest and most innovative gardening writer of our times * GUARDIAN *
Christopher Lloyd ranks with Gertrude Jekyll and Vita Sackville-West as one of the major figures in twentieth-century British gardening * THE TIMES *
He was the most interesting plantsman I have ever known -- Alan Titchmarsh
A gardening classic, as essential to every gardener as a sharp pair of secateurs or a good space -- Carol Klein on THE WELL-TEMPERED GARDEN
Christopher Lloyd taught us that we don't necessarily have to do things very differently - just better, and with all our heart * SPECTATOR *
British horticulture is blessed with many inspired plantsmen and elegant writers, but rarely do those qualities combine as seamlessly as in Christopher Lloyd * INDEPENDENT *

About Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd spent years lovingly developing and refining his celebrated gardens at Great Dixter in Sussex. Throughout his career he was unparalleled in gardening journalism, writing for many publications from COUNTRY LIFE to the GUARDIAN. In 1979 the Royal Horticultural Society conferred on him its highest honour, the VICTORIA MEDAL OF HONOUR. He received the OBE for services to horticulture in 2000 and died in 2006.

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Sku

GOR012650036

ISBN 13

9781474619875

ISBN 10

1474619878

Title

The Well-Chosen Garden by Christopher Lloyd

Author

Christopher Lloyd

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Year published

2021-03-04

Number of pages

256

Prizes

N/A

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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

Note

This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

The Well-Chosen Garden Christopher Lloyd

The Well-Chosen Garden by Christopher Lloyd

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