The Victorian flower garden

by Jennifer Davies

Paper Book, 1991

Call number

SB 458.7 .D38 1992

Publication

London : BBC Books, 1991.

Description

Published to coincide with a BBC2 series starting in October 1991, this is a successor to the author's The Victorian Kitchen Garden and The Victorian Kitchen. It tells the stories behind flowers which Victorians grew and loved, and with the help of retired head gardener Harry Dodson explains how simple and exotic flowers were cultivated and used.

Pages

240

Tags

Gardening - UK, Flowers

ISBN

0563360739 / 9780563360735

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