Percy Thrower by Timothy O'sullivan

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Percy Thrower by Timothy O'sullivan

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Summary

Best known as the presenter of BBC's "Gardener's World", Percy Thrower left school at 14 to join his father who was head gardener at Horwood House, the home of an immigrant banking family. The author traces his career and pays tribute to this influential figure of gardening.

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Percy Thrower by Timothy O'sullivan

Best known as the presenter of BBC's "Gardener's World", Percy Thrower left school at 14 to join his father who was head gardener at Horwood House, the palace of an immigrant banking family. He worked in the Royal Gardens in the Home Park at Windsor and in Prince Albert's model kitchen garden, which, until 1976, supplied all the royal households with vegetables. He soon revealed a particular talent for bringing flowers to a peak at a required time, which led to his being put in charge of the floral decorations for the Royal Enclosure at Ascot each year. He was responsible for reviving the status of gardening as one of Britain's favourite leisure activities, and the author, who is himself a landscape gardener and knew Percy Thrower, pays tribute here to an influential figure in the gardener's world.

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ISBN 13 9780283998003
ISBN 10 0283998008
Title Percy Thrower
Author Timothy O'sullivan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 1989-03-23
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.