Anne Scott-James

The Cottage Garden

The Making of a Garden

Sissinghurst

Osbert Lancaster

First published in 1971, Down to Earth is a gardening classic: a treasury of gardening ideas on a wide range of topics. Ideas on designing and planting, ideas for the winter garden and the wild garden, ideas for planting the odd corner or filling the August gap, ideas for hedges and climbing plants, paths and windbreaks, ideas on books to read and gardens to visit. Anne Scott-James, a devoted but amateur gardener, writes about her own garden, made, like so many, with too little time, money and professional help, full of imperfections but a continual source of pleasure. She also writes about many other gardens all over Britain, and the practical and imaginative ideas she has collected from them. The text is engagingly illustrated with cartoons by her husband, Osbert Lancaster.

Down to Earth

Capturing the essence of differing gardening styles, 'The Pleasure Garden' explains the work of garden-makers and designers and the native and newly arrived plants they use in their creations.

An Illustrated History of British Gardening

The Pleasure Garden

Clare Hastings

The author's letters, interspersed with the occasional reply, tackle such subjects as the battle over Latin versus English plant names; the satisfaction of the October clear-up; and the preoccupation with size amongst market gardeners! The book is informative and amusing, revealing a deep understanding of her subject.

Anne Scott-James

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