Publisher's Synopsis
Gardening writer Diana Ross visits twenty gardens and interviews their owners, including Roy Lancaster, Thomas Pakenham, Lady Salisbury, Beth Chatto and James Lovelock. She learns about their relationship with plants, who and what have inspired them, and how they approach the pleasures and challenges of garden making. Some are famous horticulturalists and designers, others have a more tangential relationship with gardening. The full list of gardeners is:
Roy Roberts Tony Hall Roy Lancaster
Tony Schilling Christian Lamb Thomas Pakenham
Hugh Johnson Geoffrey Dutton Lady Salisbury
Penelope Lively Beth Chatto Elizabeth Jane Howard
Donald Waterer Anthea Gibson Dan Pearson
Kim Wilkie Ronald Blythe Richard Mabey
James Lovelock Lucinda Lambton
'She brings a lovely sense of discovery to each of her victims'
Hugh Johnson
Roy Roberts Tony Hall Roy Lancaster
Tony Schilling Christian Lamb Thomas Pakenham
Hugh Johnson Geoffrey Dutton Lady Salisbury
Penelope Lively Beth Chatto Elizabeth Jane Howard
Donald Waterer Anthea Gibson Dan Pearson
Kim Wilkie Ronald Blythe Richard Mabey
James Lovelock Lucinda Lambton
'She brings a lovely sense of discovery to each of her victims'
Hugh Johnson
