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A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed James Fenton

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed By James Fenton

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton


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Summary

In this light-hearted book, poet and gardener James Fenton describes a hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. 'It seemed a simple and interesting idea: what plants would you choose if starting a garden from scratch?'

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed Summary

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton

In this light-hearted book, poet and gardener James Fenton describes a hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. 'It seemed a simple and interesting idea: what plants would you choose if starting a garden from scratch?'
Includes chapters on flowers for colour, size, or exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines and tropical species; the micro-meadow; raising plants from seed; and a wealth of personal tips and advice. As Fenton writes, 'the emphasis is on childish simplicity of approach, and economy of outlay.'
Here is a happy, stylish, thought-provoking exercise in good principles, which exudes that rare thing: common-or-garden sense about gardens.

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed Reviews

'A small book, yes, but how it grows in the mind after you put it down. It is a book about propagating plants from seeds, but it also a book about love, for when you love you start from scratch.' - Jamaica Kincaid

About James Fenton

James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College Oxford where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He has worked as political journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and columnist. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was Oxford Professor of Poetry 1994-99. In 2007, Fenton was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Flowers and their Colours
Flowers for their Size
Flowers that Hop Around
Flowers for Cutting
The Perennial Prejudice
Useful and Decorative Herbs
The Micro-Meadow
The Poppy Festival
Climbers on Impulse
For the Tropical Look
As an Afterthought
The Rest of the Kit
When Raising Plants from Seed
The Seed List

Additional information

GOR011887902
9781912559282
1912559285
A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Notting Hill Editions
2020-07-23
96
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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

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