Gertrude Jekyll
Gertrude Jekyll’s 'Home and Garden' is a wonderful vintage guide to gardening comprising an assortment of notes, thoughts, and practical advice concerning a variety of garden-based topics. From charming anecdotes of notable country walks to how to make potpourri and beyond, this vintage volume will appeal to gardeners and native-lovers alike, and it would make a for a wonderful addition to any home collection. Contents include: 'How the House was Built', 'A Wood Ramble ion April', 'A Garden of Wall-Flowers', 'Trees and Lanes', 'Wild Honeysuckle', 'Brier Roses', 'Midsummer', 'Roses and Lilies', 'Large Rock-Gardens', 'The Workshop', 'The Kinship of Common Tools', 'Cut Flowers', 'Conservatories', 'The Making of Pot-Purri', etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.