Green Shades - An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners

From the acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries, the seasons and the species.

Elizabeth Jane Howard once said that she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a writer first. This collection is a testament to that passion.

The contents are delightfully eclectic and wide-ranging, practical as well as lyrical - she pays homage to the great English landscape artists of the eighteenth century and to the great women gardeners such as Vita Sackville-West.

There's advice from Pliny on how walnuts can be used to dye hair and Joseph Addison encourages blackbirds to gorge on his cherry trees. Linking the numerous extracts is Elizabeth Jane Howard's perceptive and highly personal commentary, which skilfully leads the reader from one subject to the next.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

About the author

Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fifteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles – The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change – have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane Howard's autobiography, Slipstream. In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. She died, aged 90, at home in Suffolk on 2 January 2014.

Summary

A delightful companion for all those with a love of gardens and of the very best garden writing. From Elizabeth Jane Howard, author of the beloved Cazalet Chronicles – and passionate gardener.

Foreword

A delightful companion for all those with a love of gardens and of the very best garden writing.

Additional text

[Elizabeth Jane Howard's] talent seemed so effervescent, so unstoppable, that there was no predicting where it might take her.

Report

A lovely gift for a garden lover Good Housekeeping

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Jane Howard, Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Assisted by: Elizabet Jane Howard (Editor), Elizabeth Jane Howard (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781529050738
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-5073-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 101 mm x 158 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Macmillan Collector's Library; Collector's Library
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Garden; Essays, NATURE / Plants / General, Poetry, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors), The countryside, country life: general interest, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, Poetry anthologies (various poets), Writing / Nonfiction (incl. Memoirs), Anthologies (multiple authors)