The entertaining and practical pieces which make up 'Better Against a Wall' are selected from the best of Ursula Buchan's journalism from the past fifteen years and demonstrate her highly individual take on gardening and modern gardeners. Politics...more details Format:Hardback Pages:272
Roald Dahl and his family in their garden at Great Missenden; Nancy Lancaster, society hostess and interior designer, sporting an elegant straw sombrero and snipping delicately at her roses; Vita Sackville-West at Sissinghurst - these and many other dedicated gardeners are captured here by the discerning eye of Valerie Finnis...more details Format:Hardback
Ursula Buchan shares with us her own experiences and gardening preferences: her dislike of herb gardens, and timid planting, her battles with plastic netting and problems with doing the church flowers. As well as a mine of practical information...more details Format:Paperback Pages:272
Here, Ursula Buchan shares with the reader her own experiences and preferences: her dislike of herb gardens and timid planting, her battles with plastic netting and problems with doing the church flowers. As well as a gold-mine of practical information...more details Format:Hardback Pages:271
The introduction explains the principles of planting for more than one season of interest. The different effects are then covered in sections dealing with foliage...more details Format:Hardback
Illustrious gardening writer Ursula Buchan has combined forces with the prince of garden photographers, Andrew Lawson, to explore the English garden and capture its extraordinary richness and diversity. Focusing on gardens that are open to visitors...more details Format:Hardback Pages:352