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    We Made a Garden

    By Margery Fish

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    First published in 1956, We Made a Garden is the story of how Margery Fish, the leading gardener of the 1960s, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, England. This is now one of the most important books on gardening ever written. A beautiful and timeless book on creating a garden.

    Margery Fish turned to gardening when she was in her mid-forties and went on to develop the whole concept of a cottage garden. She had a love of flowers coupled with a passion for nature and made an intensive research into the traditionally grown plants with which cottage gardens in Britain were once so densely planted. In this classic owrk, she recounts the trails and tribulations, successes and failures, of her venture with ease and humour. Topics covered are colourful and diverse, ranging from the most suitable hyssop for the terraced garden through composting, hedges, making paths to the best time to lift and replant tulip bulbs. Her good sense, practical knowledge and imaginative ideas will encourage and inspire gardeners everywhere. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBatsford
    Release dateDec 19, 2011
    ISBN9781849940504
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    We Made a Garden
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    Margery Fish

    Margery Fish was one of the most admired gardeners and garden writers of her day, after Vita Sackville-West.  Her many articles and books inspired garden enthusiasts with her easy read knowledge and observation.  A passion for nature and ability to mix plants effectively even in the smallest space and in differing environments, made her ideas relevant to all gardeners of her time and for future generations of gardeners.

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    • 4/5
      Very good conversational style, discussing what was done with a new garden. Just enough detail to give ideas, not enough to get bogged down.
    • 3/5
      A pleasant wintertime read for the armchair gardener. The book recounts in chatty outline the construction of a semi-formal garden outside the author's rather large house in a Somerset village, aided and (rather more) criticized by her husband. Useful tips are scattered throughout. As with all anecdotal gardening books, some of the tips are useless: Mrs Fish had a compost heap which would fill more than a quarter of my garden, and a seemingly endless supply of beautiful oblong stones. Tastes also differ: she praises, for example, bergenia, which I find hideous and untidy, and lists a lot of pink flowers which I would not like to have in my borders. On the plus side, she is gardening in clay, as I am, and mentions quite a few of my favourites, such as epimediums, camassias, and hellebores. Once I am back in the garden again, I expect to get even more value out of her "Gardening in the Shade" (1964).MB 9-i-2012
    • 5/5
      remember reading this after hearing her garden referred to in Gardens Illustrated and other sources - no idea when read except remember Wilkinson Court as background