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The The Writer's Garden Jackie Bennett

The The Writer's Garden By Jackie Bennett

The The Writer's Garden by Jackie Bennett


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Summary

In this book of 25 gardens, the author examines how the poet, writer, novelist derived a creative spirit from their private garden, how they tended and enjoyed their gardens, and how they managed their outdoor space.

The The Writer's Garden Summary

The The Writer's Garden by Jackie Bennett

Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness? Gardens hold a special place in many author's lives. For Beatrix Potter, Hill Top house was made possible by the new found freedom and wealth that a literary career can bring; for Sir Walter Scott, laying out his garden at Abbotsford was a way of distracting himself from mounting debts. In this book of 18 gardens and 20 writers, the author examines how the poet, writer, novelist derived a creative spirit from their private garden, how they tended and enjoyed their gardens, and how they managed their outdoor space. * Jane Austen at Godmersham and Chawton * Rupert Brooke at Grantchester * John Ruskin at Brantwood * Agatha Christie at Greenway * Beatrix Potter at Hill Top * Roald Dahl at Gipsy House * Charles Dickens at Gad's Hill Place * Virginia Woolf at Monk's House * Winston Churchill at Chartwell * Laurence Sterne at Shandy Hall * George Bernard Shaw at Shaw's Corner * Ted Hughes at Lumb Bank * Henry James followed by E.F. Benson at Lamb House * John Clare at Helpston * Thomas Hardy at Hardy's Cottage and Max Gate * Robert Burns at Ellisland * William Wordsworth at Cockermouth and Grasmere * Walter Scott at Abbotsford * Rudyard Kipling at Bateman's

The The Writer's Garden Reviews

a delightful and enlightening exploration of British literature and horticulture. -- Katie Campbell Garden Design Journal combines biography with the story of each garden, and the photos give a real sense of place ... I loved it. The English Garden a beguiling blend of biography, history and garden portraiture, with magnificent photographs by Richard Hanson. The Lady a pleasing tour that dips into the lives of some of our favourite literary figures The Sunday Times enjoy a visual feast Woman & Home I recommend it The Spectator enjoy a visual feast Woman & Home Bennett is an excellent guide leading you to all the right places and weaving biography with garden tales. Like all good gardening books it leaves you wanting to explore the gardens for yourself, in this case with some favourite novels clutched firmly in hand. Gardens Illustrated

About Jackie Bennett

JACKIE BENNETT is a former editor of The Garden Design Journal, the English Garden Magazine and Gardening with the National Trust. She began her career in television, producing gardening and natural history programmes before become a full time writer. In 1990, she won an award for nature writing in the BBC Wildlife Magazine Awards and her books include The Wildlife Garden Month by Month (David & Charles 1990 - reissued in 2011), The Cottage Garden and Wild About the Garden (1997 a Channel 4 tie-in book for the TV series presented by Carol Klein). She won the Garden Writer's Guild Gardening Column of the Year 2009 for a series about her own Norfolk garden. Jackie has studied garden design and landscape history. She runs writing workshops for the Society of Garden Designers and for the Cambridge and Oxford Botanic Gardens. RICHARD HANSON'S work has appeared in books and magazines and he has photographed in the gardens of well-known garden writers such as Helen Yemm, Ursula Buchan, Francine Raymond and Ronald Blythe. His photography has been featured in The Garden Design Journal, and Gardening with the National Trust. His seasonal photographs of Houghton Hall in Norfolk were published monthly in The English Garden Magazine in 2010.

Additional information

GOR007275227
9780711234949
0711234949
The The Writer's Garden by Jackie Bennett
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
20141002
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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