A year full of flowers : gardening for all seasons / Sarah Raven ; photographs by Jonathan Buckley ; [illustrations, Helen Cann].
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021Description: 383 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cmISBN:- 152662611X
- 9781526626110
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB454.3.C8 R28 2021 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800183345 |
Includes index.
Introduction: gardening at home -- January and February: colour for a grey time of year -- March: the surge of spring life -- April: tulipomania -- May: when the world goes green -- June: scent, scent, scent -- July: full-blown, bosomy marvellousness -- August: a circus of annuals rolls in -- September: dahliafantasia -- October: tender perennials give us a colour boost -- November and December: there's more to winter than Christmas.
Tracing the year from January to December at her home, Perch Hill, Sarah offers an account of a garden crafted over decades. Sharing the lessons learned from years of plant trials, she explains the methods that have worked for her, and shows you how to achieve a space that's full of life and color.