A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton

A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton

In this light-hearted book, poet and gardener James Fenton describes a hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. 'It seemed a simple and interesting idea: what plants would you choose if starting a garden from scratch?' Includes chapters on flowers for colour, size, or exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines and tropical species; the micro-meadow; raising plants from seed; and a wealth of personal tips and advice. As Fenton writes, 'the emphasis is on childish simplicity of approach, and economy of outlay.' Here is a happy, stylish, thought-provoking exercise in good principles, which exudes that rare thing: common-or-garden sense about gardens.

'A small book, yes, but how it grows in the mind after you put it downIt is a book about propagating plants from seeds, but it also a book about love, for when you love you start from scratch.' - Jamaica Kincaid

James Fenton was born in Lincoln in 1949 and educated at Magdalen College Oxford where he won the Newdigate Prize for poetry. He has worked as political journalist, drama critic, book reviewer, war correspondent, foreign correspondent and columnist. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was Oxford Professor of Poetry 1994-99. In 2007, Fenton was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

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ISBN 13	9781907903410
ISBN 10	1907903410
Titel	A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed
Autor	James Fenton
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Notting Hill Editions
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-09-01
Seitenanzahl	96
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.
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