In these essays, Charles Elliott casts a whimsical eye over gardens and gardening around the globe. From the Japanese craze for the Ingurishu Gaaden (English Garden) to the relentless plundering of tropical forests for glamorous orchids, from Bishop Compton's horticultural obsessions to sex and the single strawberry, Elliott seeks to bring to life some of the more remarkable episodes in horticultural history.
He introduces great plant hunters such as the intrepid Pe re Delavay and the oddball John Johnny Appleseed Chapman. His tales come from places as diverse as the Chelsea Flower Show and the jungle-choked gorges and valleys of the eastern Andes - home of the elusive fever bark tree.
Charles Elliott is an editor and writer who lives in London and gardens in Monmouth near the Welsh border. He is a regular contributor to Horticulture magazine, and has been a magazine editor and senior editor for Alfred A. Knopf in New York. He has written several books, including The Potting Shed Papers and More Papers from the Potting Shed. He lives in Monmouthshire and West London.
Title: The Potting Shed Papers: From Johnny Appleseed's Apples to Sex and the Single Strawberry - Explorations of Gardens and Gardeners
Author: Elliott, Charles
ISBN: 9780711220096
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Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Publication Date: 2002-08-08
Number of Pages: 192
Weight: 0.3811 kg
'Excellent as always. Charles Elliot is a wonderfully informed and engaging writer.' Bill Bryson