Tag Archives: Beverley Nichols

Garden Open Today & Tomorrow

Posted on 01/04/2023 by The Garden History Blog

One of my favourite garden writers is Beverley Nichols, and the other day I discovered this wonderful quote about him and his work: If Bertie Wooster and Gertrude Jekyll had a son, surely he would have been Beverley Nichols. Today’s post is proof of … Continue reading →

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Marion Cran

Posted on 18/02/2017 by The Garden History Blog

I often start these posts with a comments such as ‘here’s someone else you won’t have heard of”, although there’s often a good reason for the subject’s lack of fame … but today’s subject is someone who really has been unjustly neglected. … Continue reading →

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Down the Garden Path…

Posted on 25/04/2015 by The Garden History Blog

“I fear that this book holds little practical wisdom.” is hardly the kind of comment to make someone pick up a gardening book, is it? “You must not look to it for guidance. It will not tell you how to prune a rose-bush, … Continue reading →