A Joy of Gardening (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Vita Sackville-West's charmingly written practical advice for gardeners selected from her immensely popular gardening column in The Observer newspaper.
From the book:
"The true gardener must be brutal, and imaginative for the future."
"The behavior of plants is indeed inexplicable. It breaks all the rules; and that is what makes gardening so endlessly various and interesting."
"I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all."
"Naturally, every garden must be a law to itself."
"You cannot expect your soil and your plants to go on giving you of their best if you are not prepared to give something back in return. This is as true of gardens as of human relationships."
"The only thing is to be bold; try the experiment; find out."
Crafts, Hobbies & HomeGardening & Landscape DesignEssaysGarden DesignBy Technique
RELEASED2023
PUBLISHERWarbler Press
LENGTH160
LANGUAGEEN
Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson, best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and poet. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, becoming the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent, which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women, such as novelist Virginia Woolf. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West
A Joy of Gardening (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
Vita Sackville-West's charmingly written practical advice for gardeners selected from her immensely popular gardening column in The Observer newspaper.
From the book:
"The true gardener must be brutal, and imaginative for the future."
"The behavior of plants is indeed inexplicable. It breaks all the rules; and that is what makes gardening so endlessly various and interesting."
"I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all."
"Naturally, every garden must be a law to itself."
"You cannot expect your soil and your plants to go on giving you of their best if you are not prepared to give something back in return. This is as true of gardens as of human relationships."
"The only thing is to be bold; try the experiment; find out."
Crafts, Hobbies & HomeGardening & Landscape DesignEssaysGarden DesignBy Technique
RELEASED2023
PUBLISHERWarbler Press
LENGTH160
LANGUAGEEN
Victoria Mary Sackville-West, The Hon Lady Nicolson, best known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and poet. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, becoming the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent, which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women, such as novelist Virginia Woolf. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West
