On gardening

by Penelope Hobhouse

Hardcover, 1994

Call number

SB 466.68 .T55 .H63 1994

Publication

New York : Macmillan, c1994.

Description

This guide to gardening reveals the secrets behind Penelope Hobhouse's distinctive style of gardening. Taking as her model, Tintinhull, the National Trust garden in Somerset which she has tended over the past 14 years, she sets out her principles of gardening, and explores the elements that compose a garden of excellence.

Pages

216

Tags

Gardening

ISBN

0025519352 / 9780025519350

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