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A History of Kitchen Gardening

Susan Campbell
Frances Lincoln
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$NZ47.95

AN intriguing conducted tour around a 19th-century walled kitchen garden at Pylewell House in Hampshire. From walls to water, to layout, veggie types and growing techniques, there's plenty to enthrall the reader here. Captivating sketches and line drawings enhance this informative history, the result of 15 years of research.

Reproduced with permission from the former Weekend Gardener magazine. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of the RNZIH