The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Gardeners - Softcover

Deborah Kellaway¹s splendid collection of garden writing is at once a literary delight, a visual pleasure, and a practical companion bursting with inspiring, good-humored advice. Celebrating the skill and creativity of women gardeners throughout the last century, this beautifully illustrated anthology features the work of writers like Elizabeth von Arnim, Germaine Greer, Sylvia Plath, Vita Sackville-West, and Edith Wharton. Ranging widely, from diggers and weeders to plantswomen and landscape designers, this enchanting volume will be welcomed by all gardeners, armchair and otherwise.

Deborah Kellaway is author of THE MAKING OF AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN in which she tells of the transformation of a rough Norfolk field. She has also written THE MAKING OF TOWN GARDENS, CLEMATIS AND RANUNCULACAE and FAVOURITE FLOWERS.