A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

Author(s): Fenton, James,
Binding: Hardback,
Date of Publication: 23/07/2020,
Pagination: 96 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Notting Hill Editions,
Published By: Notting Hill Editions,
Book Classification: Gardening,
Dimensions: 190 x 122 x 13
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781912559282

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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.