The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift

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A book about time and the garden: that of the Dower House at Morville. It recalls the monastic past of the house. It covers from the crunch of grass underfoot at midnight on a frosty New Year's Eve to the drip of trees in a melancholy March dawn.

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The Morville Hours by Katherine Swift

A book about time and the garden: that of the Dower House at Morville. It recalls the monastic past of the house. It covers from the crunch of grass underfoot at midnight on a frosty New Year's Eve to the drip of trees in a melancholy March dawn.
Katherine Swift lives at The Dower House, Morville Hall in Shropshire. She worked as a rare book librarian in Oxford and Dublin before becoming a full-time gardener and writer in 1988. She was for four years gardening columnist of The Times, and has written widely in the gardening press, including an acclaimed series on the gardens and landscapes of Orkney for Hortus. She is the author of Preserving Our Printed Heritage: Long Room Project at Trinity College Dublin with Anthony Cains and Pergolas, Arbours and Arches: Their History and How to Make Them with Paul Edwards and Jessica Smith. The Morville Hours is her third book.
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ISBN 13 9780747592587
ISBN 10 0747592586
Title The Morville Hours
Author Katherine Swift
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2008-05-06
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.