{"product_id":"9781529050738","title":"Green Shades : An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Jane Howard, Elizabeth, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/03\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 256 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: Macmillan Collector's Library, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Macmillan Collector's Library,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Gardening, Anthologies (non-poetry)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781529050738\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Jane Howard, acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, once said that she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a writer first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Green Shades: An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners, she brings together a diverse and fascinating selection of garden writing that spans the centuries, the seasons and the species. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, pocket-sized classics with ribbon markers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinking the numerous extracts is Elizabeth Jane Howard's perceptive and highly personal commentary, which skilfully leads the reader from one subject to the next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39306137796761,"sku":"9781529050738","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781529050738.jpg?v=1614424984","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9781529050738","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}