We Made a Garden

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No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. First published in Britain in 1956 and never before available in America, We Made a Garden is the classic story of a unique and enduring English country garden.

You can unsubscribe from our list at any point by changing your preferences, or contacting us directly. Fish’s aspiration to cultivate that most precious and slow-growing quality—the fundamental character of a good garden. This is a charming little book by Margery Fish, offering anecdotal history of the choosing and planting of a home garden in England.Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab .

That house holds so many memories and Sunday trips and pub lunches with you and Andrew are way up there. And yet, the author brings up many large scale aspects of garden design I had not considered --ambitious construction of walls and paths, and creative cottage style gardening with trailing plants overlaying paths and use of rocks and placing creeping rock plants and thymes in tiny crevices. In winter, heating of sorts, came from unwilling-to-give-up-their-warmth night-storage heaters, open fires and a marvellous 1950s Rayburn solid fuel range. Her good sense, practical knowledge and imaginative ideas will encourage and inspire gardeners everywhere.We Made a Garden is the story of how Margery Fish, a leading gardener of the 1960s, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, England.

The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.I also noticed how overbearing her husband was, and how she enjoyed doing things her own way later on when she gardened by herself.