Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening

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In Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening, the great gardener and designer reveals the secrets behind her distinctive style of gardening. Taking as her model Tintinhull, the National Trust garden in Somerset, England which she tended for 14 years, she sets out her principles of gardening and explores the elements that compose a garden of excellence. Through practical examples, drawn from Tintinhull and from gardens she herself has designed all over the world, she shows gardeners how they can achieve the results they want and shares her labor-saving tricks as well. Close-up photographs show how she takes cuttings, plants pots, prunes shrubs, clips topiary and generally keeps the garden looking wonderful.