- Published: 15 April 2017
- ISBN: 9781784740313
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $65.00
A Little History of British Gardening
- Published: 15 April 2017
- ISBN: 9781784740313
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 384
- RRP: $65.00
The book charts gardening right up to the present day, looking at the spike in demand for allotments and the current boom in naturalistic gardening. This isn’t a dry historical reference book, it’s filled with interesting anecdotes and asides that bring all the eras to life
Rachael Funnell, English Garden
Uglow's account of a national obsession is a delight from beginning to end
The Observer
This book will be a joy for any gardener
The Independent
Uglow is being modest: her long and leisurely stroll through 2.000 years of British gardening is dense with the foliage of historical research, and highly decorated with literary references and colourful anecdotes
Independent on Sunday
The biographer of Gaskell and Hogarth now takes us into the garden, where plants glow and miniature landscapes unfold at the touch of her easy prose
Sunday Telegraph
Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating
Daily Mail
Elegant history...It is beautifully written and lets you see your own humble plot in its historical and geographical context
Daily Telegraph
Enthralling...an elegant and witty gem
Herald