We Made a Garden (Royal Horticultural Society Classic Garden Writers S.) - Hardcover

Fish, Margery

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857326938 ISBN 13: 9781857326932

Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, 1995

Synopsis

Inspiration for gardeners everywhere! Margery Fish's classic work on creating a cottage garden is back in print in a brand-new edition. In the 1960s, Margery Fish and her husband Walter decided to transform an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden. The beautiful and timeless We Made a Garden recounts the trials and tribulations, successes and failures, of her venture with ease and humor--from choosing the most suitable hyssop for the terraced garden to battling with her husband on the best approach. It has been hailed as everything from a blueprint for the creation of a modern cottage garden to a feminist manifesto. Fish's good sense, practical knowledge, and imaginative ideas will inspire gardeners everywhere.

About this title

Review:

"Crammed with good advice. . . . I defy any amateur gardener not to find pleasure, encouragement, and profit from We Made a Garden." --Vita Sackville-West

"Gardening is like everything else in life, you get out of it as much as you put in. No one can make a garden by buying a few packets of seeds or doing an afternoon's weeding. You must love it, and then your love will be
repaid a thousandfold, as every gardener knows." --Margery Fish

About the Author:

The late Margery Fish was one of Britain's leading gardeners. She was a regular contributor to Amateur Gardening and The Field, and has written six other gardening books. Many thousands of visitors come to East Lambrook Manor, her Somerset garden, which is maintained very much as it was during her lifetime.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1857326938
• ISBN 13: 9781857326932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208