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Informationen zum Autor Carol Klein is one of the most familiar gardening experts working in the media today, famous for her regular role as a presenter on Gardeners’ World since 1998. Her natural, down-to-earth approach has made her a popular and trusted figure amongst the British (gardening) public. Carol originally studied fine art and spent many years teaching art in schools and colleges. She started gardening and running a nursery from her home in Devon, which became internationally renowned. She began exhibiting at RHS shows in 1990 and went on to win multiple gold medals at Chelsea, Hampton Court, Westminster and Malvern. Her acclaimed TV series include Wild About the Garden , Grow Your Own Veg , Plant Odysseys and Great British Gardens . In 2011, a 6-part series based on a year in her own garden at Glebe Cottage, Life In a Cottage Garden , was shown and accompanied her book of the same title. It has been repeated every year since. It won TV Broadcast of the Year at the Garden Media Guild, as did ‘Scent’, Grow Your Own Veg , and Great British Gardens . In 2019 the GMG awarded her their Lifetime Achievement Award. Most recently, she has presented Gardening with Carol Klein , Spring Gardening with Carol Klein and Summer Gardening on Channel 5 filmed at Glebe Cottage. In 2018 the RHS awarded her their highest accolade The Victoria Medal of Honour. In 2023, Carol was named Iconic Horticultural Hero by the RHS. Jonathan Buckley is an award-winning specialist garden and flower photographer who has been sole photographer on over 30 books, as well as contributing to a wide range of magazines and newspapers worldwide. Awards have included the Garden Media Guild Garden Photographer of the Year, Features Photographer of the Year and Single Image of the Year. Klappentext This charming insight into what each season and month of the year brings for a cottage garden will capture the imagination and inspire any gardener (expert or novice) to get out and about, grab a spade and get your hands dirty! Written by the BBC's Carol Klein, full of practical advice and tips, and full of stunning photography, this is a book truly to savour... 'Her energy, knowledge and enthusiasm are an inspiration in every month of the year, and this very special book will be a real gem for all garden lovers.' -- Radio Times 'Beautifully designed, this one is too good to miss!' -- Home & Country 'Vibrant, informative, inspirational and personal... Klein's heartfelt love poem to her beautiful garden.' -- Gardens Magazine 'A delight to read' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful garden book from a wonderful gardener' -- ***** Reader review 'What can I say? I bought it when it first came out in 2011 and it STILL hasn't made it on to a bookshelf as I am constantly dipping into it' -- ***** Reader review 'A must have for gardeners old and new' -- ***** Reader review 'A wonderful book which I found hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review 'So inspiring!' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************************************************** In this wonderful gardening journal , the BBC's Carol Klein , with characteristic warmth, eloquence and infectious enthusiasm, tells us the story of a year in her beautiful garden at Glebe Cottage . With superb photography throughout , she takes us on a procession through the seasons, as she plans and plants, sows seeds and nurtures cuttings, tends the borders, and harvests her crops. Her energy, knowledge and passion will be an inspiration to gardeners old and new alike in every month of the year. Zusammenfassung In this wonderful gardening journal, which accompanies the ...
