Margery Fish’s classic and influential book describing how she created East Lambrook Manor garden from scratch in the 1950s.
Modern Library GardeningSeries
This series offers a rich repository of knowledge for any gardening enthusiast, from novices to seasoned horticulturalists. Each volume delves into specific aspects of the gardening craft, covering everything from vegetable and herb cultivation to ornamental garden design. Readers will find practical advice, inspiring ideas, and a deeper understanding of the plant world. It's the perfect guide for creating and maintaining your dream garden.
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The American Gardener
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
After a lengthy absence of 150 years, this book returns to the literary scene, offering readers a chance to explore its timeless themes and insights. The revival presents an opportunity to engage with its historical context and appreciate the significance it held in its original era. This reissue aims to introduce a new generation to its unique narrative and enduring relevance.
In the Land of the Blue Poppies
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
A Modern Library Paperback OriginalDuring the first years of the twentieth century, the British plant collector and explorer Frank Kingdon Ward went on twenty-four impossibly daring expeditions throughout Tibet, China, and Southeast Asia, in search of rare and elusive species of plants. He was responsible for the discovery of numerous varieties previously unknown in Europe and America, including the legendary Tibetan blue poppy, and the introduction of their seeds into the world’s gardens. Kingdon Ward’s accounts capture all the romance of his wildly adventurous expeditions, whether he was swinging across a bottomless gorge on a cable of twisted bamboo strands or clambering across a rocky scree in fear of an impending avalanche. Drawn from writings out of print for almost seventy-five years, this new collection, edited and introduced by professional horticulturalist and House & Garden columnist Tom Christopher, returns Kingdon Ward to his deserved place in the literature of discovery and the literature of the garden.
My summer in a garden
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
Trieste Publishing specializes in high-quality reproductions of classic literature, both fiction and non-fiction, sourced from libraries and private collections globally. Each title is meticulously scanned to replicate the original, minimizing imperfections like blurred text or missing pages. Rigorous quality control ensures that readers enjoy a faithful reproduction, providing an authentic experience akin to owning the original work. Trieste offers individual and bulk purchasing options, catering to readers seeking exceptional literary value.
Green Thoughts
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Back in print after fifty yearsOld Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener “Old Herbaceous,” the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, “so blue, so blue it positively hurts.” Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, Old Herbaceous is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal—and crotchety—head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house.This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Penelope Hobhouse, a renowned garden designer and lecturer and the author of numerous gardening books.