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Miss Willmott's ghosts : the extraordinary life and gardens of a forgotten genius / Sandra Lawrence.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Blink, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 358 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1786581310
  • 9781786581310
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB63.W54 L38 2022
Contents:
Introduction: Gardening's bad girl -- The empty seat: a medal -- Happy families: A carte de visite -- A place in the country: a satin fan -- An alpine wonder: a cabinet cart -- Extreme measures: a tourist's guidebook -- Tresserve: an orange tree -- The greasy pole: a daffodil bulb -- 'This is Cupid. I knew him not': a cigarette case -- Annus mirabilis, annus horribilis -- The queen of spades: two pairs of boots -- Picking up the pieces: a silver-headed key -- Flying high: an application form -- Riviera nature notes: an irrigation system -- The slow fall of Icarus: a village sports day programme -- Digging holes: genus rosa -- A funny thing happened on the way to Chelsea: a leather satchel -- The most hopeful work: a couch -- Peaks and troughs: a Versailles box-planter -- Down but not out: an auction catalogue -- The grande dame: a knuckleduster -- Renaissance: Miss Willmott's ghost.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB470.W55 L29 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800190977
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-344) and index

Introduction: Gardening's bad girl -- The empty seat: a medal -- Happy families: A carte de visite -- A place in the country: a satin fan -- An alpine wonder: a cabinet cart -- Extreme measures: a tourist's guidebook -- Tresserve: an orange tree -- The greasy pole: a daffodil bulb -- 'This is Cupid. I knew him not': a cigarette case -- Annus mirabilis, annus horribilis -- The queen of spades: two pairs of boots -- Picking up the pieces: a silver-headed key -- Flying high: an application form -- Riviera nature notes: an irrigation system -- The slow fall of Icarus: a village sports day programme -- Digging holes: genus rosa -- A funny thing happened on the way to Chelsea: a leather satchel -- The most hopeful work: a couch -- Peaks and troughs: a Versailles box-planter -- Down but not out: an auction catalogue -- The grande dame: a knuckleduster -- Renaissance: Miss Willmott's ghost.

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