Reviewed by Jane Powers.
“The author is at his most entertaining when discussing the Daisy-Christo relationship, and it is with some regret that the reader finds her passing away in her favourite’s arms at the end of part one….”
Reviewed by Michelle Chapman.
“Often authors are urged to write about what they know and Miller has exploited this strength. However, it’s also the book’s weakness….”
Reviewed by Charles Hawes.
“In this context I really couldn’t be doing with the pages of her description of what her imaginary visitors to this imaginary garden might have encountered…”
Reviewed by Chris Young.
“The author’s aim is to get the reader thinking, questioning what they see, and how they see it….”
Reviewed by Bridget Rosewell.
“…..Moreover, it is not obvious how these ideas relate to conceptual gardens, though they would certainly give apoplexy to those who believe that gardens are about nice plants.”
Reviewed by Matthew Appleby.
“Buckland denies there have been revisions other than cosmetic changes with pictures and design, including alteration of page order. He says he has been “trying to wean” himself off peat for four years.”
Reviewed by Matthew Appleby.
“….He’s the scientist and his advice was accepted and acceptable at the time. But this book attempts to rewrite history. A leopard can’t change its spots.”
Reviewed by Darryl Moore.
“John Dixon Hunt has established a niche for himself as a theorist who views gardens as places embodied with historic meaning and symbolic content….”
Reviewed by Jenny Woods.
“This is not a gardening book…”
Reviewed by Charles Dowding.
“Full page photos of the author carrying pots, forking comost and gazing at tomatoes do not inform the reader, especially as none of them are captioned.”
Reviewed by Anne Wareham.
“Thumbnails gone mad…?”
Many years ago The Financial Times sent me to do a feature on the RHS ‘Flower Show’ at Tatton Park . I was totally naïve and had no idea what I was supposed to do or to write about. So my excitement was tempered by acute anxiety. The term ‘imposter syndrome’ could have been invented for me. […]
In the UK, right now, the horticultural world is about to drive us all mad with snowdrops. Pictures of. Articles about. Gardens with them. Anything people can think of to bash us over the head with snowdrops.
Recently we made a visit to Brecon. This is not far from us, in case anyone was getting over excited about the possibility that I might have been travelling again. It’s in Wales, in the Brecon Beacons, recently re-christened Bannau Brycheiniog.
Charles made a complaint recently when we were walking in the garden.
When I complained about him complaining he told me that it was good for me to have complaints about the planting.
I am discovering more and more often that it is important to have a great many seats in the garden. In fact there should probably be one every three feet or so.
