From Tresco to Lindisfarne, Anglesey to Sark, visit the most beautiful and extreme island gardens of the British Isles, understanding their climates, native plants, and survival skills their gardeners deploy.
From Tresco to Lindisfarne, Anglesey to Sark, visit the most beautiful and extreme island gardens of the British Isles, understanding their climates, native plants, and survival skills their gardeners deploy.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Jackie Bennett has travelled widely, visiting and writing about gardens. Her books include Shakespeare’s Gardens, The Writer’s Garden, Wild About the Garden and Island Gardens. She is a former editor of The Garden Design Journal and The English Garden. Richard Hanson's work has appeared in books and magazines and he has photographed in the gardens of well-known garden writers such as Helen Yemm, Ursula Buchan, Francine Raymond and Ronald Blythe. His photography has been featured in The Garden Design Journal, and Gardening with the National Trust.
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Introduction 6 ISLES OF SCILLY 12 Tresco Abbey Garden 18 TRESCO Echiums 22 THE SOUTH-WESTERN ISLES OF SCOTLAND 32 Brodick Castle 36 ARRAN Ascog Hall Garden and Fernery 42 BUTE King Fern 47 Achamore Gardens 50 GIGHA The Horlick Rhododendrons ANGLESEY: YNYS MÔN 56 Plas Cadnant 60 Himalayan Lily 71 ORKNEY 74 The Quoy of Houton 78 MAINLAND Fiddlers Green 84 SOUTH RONALDSAY Kier¿old House 86 MAINLAND Hardy Geraniums on Orkney 91 CHANNEL ISLANDS 96 La Bigoterie 102 GUERNSEY Herm Island 108 HERM Wild Leek 111 La Seigneurie Gardens 112 SARK Rosa Mundi 118 INNER HEBRIDES 122 Lip Na Cloiche 126 MULL Priory Garden 138 ORONSAY Wild Flowers 143 An Cala 144 SEIL ISLE OF WIGHT 152 Mottistone Gardens 156 Agapanthus 163 Crab Cottage 164 HOLY ISLAND 172 Lindisfarne Castle 176 Gertrude Jekyll’s Flowering Annuals 185 Travel and Garden Guide 186
