Home and Garden - Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Worker in Both - With 53 Illustrations from Photographs by the Author

Gertrude Jekyll's "Home and Garden" is a wonderful vintage guide to gardening comprising an assortment of notes, thoughts, and practical advice concerning a variety of garden-based topics. From charming anecdotes of notable country walks to how to make potpourri and beyond, this vintage volume will appeal to gardeners and native-lovers alike, and it would make a for a wonderful addition to any home collection. Contents include: "How the House was Built", "A Wood Ramble ion April", "A Garden of Wall-Flowers", "Trees and Lanes", "Wild Honeysuckle", "Brier Roses", "Midsummer", "Roses and Lilies", "Large Rock-Gardens", "The Workshop", "The Kinship of Common Tools", "Cut Flowers", "Conservatories", "The Making of Pot-Purri", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.

Author: Gertrude Jekyll
Publisher: Read Country Books
Published: 12/14/2018
Pages: 404
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781528709989
ISBN10: 1528709985
BISAC Categories:
- Gardening | Garden Design
- Crafts & Hobbies | Reference
- Reference | Personal & Practical Guides

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