A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

Fenton, James

Notting Hill Editions（2020/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 96 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781912559282
• DDC分類 635

Full Description

In this light-hearted book, poet and gardener James Fenton describes a hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. 'It seemed a simple and interesting idea: what plants would you choose if starting a garden from scratch?'

Includes chapters on flowers for colour, size, or exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines and tropical species; the micro-meadow; raising plants from seed; and a wealth of personal tips and advice. As Fenton writes, 'the emphasis is on childish simplicity of approach, and economy of outlay.'

Here is a happy, stylish, thought-provoking exercise in good principles, which exudes that rare thing: common-or-garden sense about gardens.

Contents

Introduction

Flowers and their Colours

Flowers for their Size

Flowers that Hop Around

Flowers for Cutting

The Perennial Prejudice

Useful and Decorative Herbs

The Micro-Meadow

The Poppy Festival

Climbers on Impulse

For the Tropical Look

As an Afterthought

The Rest of the Kit

When Raising Plants from Seed

The Seed List