Gardener's Pocket Companion by Vicky Bamforth
This attractive, handy pocket book is a treasure trove of gardening facts and curiosities, notes and quotes. Packed with useful and fascinating information, the 'Gardener’s Pocket Companion' will let you into many secrets, including how Joseph Paxton, designer of Crystal Palace and landscape gardener extraordinaire, rose from poverty to become a multi-millionaire, where London’s hidden gardens are located, which tree provided sixteenth-century Europeans with a cure for venereal disease, how to perform the soil fist test to determine soil type, and what Nelson Mandela grew in his prison garden.
Vicky Bamforth is a gardener and environmental writer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781862057951 |
| ISBN 10 | 1862057958 |
| Title | Gardener's Pocket Companion |
| Author | Vicky Bamforth |
| Series | Pocket Companions |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2008-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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