RHS The Garden Anthology : Celebrating the Best Garden Writing From the Royal Horticultural Society

An anthology of the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. As well as revealing key moment from a time of intense change, this anthology paints a rich and intriguing picture of what gardening means today.The writers tell of plant-hunting and new gardening practices, fashion and growing food, whilst shedding light on the inner landscape of the thoughtful gardener. Collected and curated by Ursula Buchan, herself an anthologist, The Garden Anthology presents a narrative of thoughts and opinions for keen gardeners to help navigate the gardening year, and comprises the best writing from more than the last 100 years. This 320-page reading book includes short essays, opinions, thoughts and excerpts from 80 garden writers and designers including James Wong, Sir Roy Strong, Helen Dillon, Anna Pavord, E A Bowles, Gertrude Jekyll, John Brookes, Tim Richardson, Joy Larkcom, Hugh Johnson, Nigel Slater, Lia Leendertz, Ursula Buchan, Nigel Colborne and Mary Keen under the universally-appealing subjects of: the kitchen garden; wildlife and wildflowers; gardens; garden design; the environment; plants; people; seasons and the weather. This Royal Horticultural Society-branded anthology presents the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. [The monthly magazine was first published in 1871 as The Journal of the RHS, today it goes free to all RHS members which total 360,000 in the UK.] Collected and curated by Ursula Buchan, herself an anthologist, this title presents a narrative of thoughts and opinions for keen gardeners to help navigate the gardening year, and comprises the best writing from the last 20 years. This book will include short essays, opinions, thoughts and excerpts from garden writers and designers such as Cleve West, Christopher Lloyd, John Brookes, Noel Kingsbury, Andy Sturgeon, Tim Richardson, Anne Wareham, Lia Leendertz, Ursula Buchan, Nigel Colborne, Mary Keen, James Alexander-Sinclair under the universally-appealing subjects of: Growing your own; Garden Wildlife; Garden Design; The Environment; Garden Fashion; The Seasons; Trials and Tribulations and more.