Cuttings from My Garden Notebooks brings his art and his life together in a treasure trove of sixty-three essays revealing the complete Graham Thomas. Here, he sorts out the rhododendrons, the roses and the jasmines. He tells us about the uses of pergolas, water and troughs made of tufa for alpine plants. He reminisces about the nurserymen and the famous gardeners he has known. He suggests design solutions for unusual spaces, and ideas for gardens he has made, or only dreamed about. Written with humor, common sense and a poet's grasp of the English language, it offers encouragement and guidance for those who are just beginning to garden, and a wealth of information for experienced gardeners.
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A collection of 63 rich essays following the course of the seasons, accompanied by the author's original drawings. Thomas tells of old friends, garden designs, and the plants he knows so well.
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Graham Stuart Thomas is one of the sixty-three medal holders of the Victoria Medal of Honour. He has been awarded the Veitch Memorial Medal by the Royak Horticultural Society as well as their Gold Medal for his paintings and drawings, and the Dean of Hole Medal by the National Rose Society. In 1975 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his work over three decades supervising the restoration of the gardens of the National Trust.
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After a night of storm towards the end of November, sometimes it happens that one awakes to a garden transformed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
coppery purple foliage, scented rhododendrons, good autumn colour, limy soil, good shrubs, common privet, glaucous foliage, formal pool, young foliage, mild spells, grey foliage, weeping trees, weeping form, cream flowers, sunny wall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Moore, Nancy Lindsay, Autumn Damask, Far East, Hidcote Manor, Northern Ireland, Sissinghurst Castle, United States, British Isles, Gertrude Jekyll, Green Room, Mount Stewart, Rowland Jackman, Hybrid Perpetuals, Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Alec Gray, Daisy Hill Nursery, Hybrid Tea, Lawrence Johnston, Miss Jekyll, Miss Lindsay, Musk Rose, North America, Reginald Farrer, Savill Gardens New!
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coppery purple foliage, scented rhododendrons, good autumn colour, limy soil, good shrubs, common privet, glaucous foliage, formal pool, young foliage, mild spells, grey foliage, weeping trees, weeping form, cream flowers, sunny wall Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lady Moore, Nancy Lindsay, Autumn Damask, Far East, Hidcote Manor, Northern Ireland, Sissinghurst Castle, United States, British Isles, Gertrude Jekyll, Green Room, Mount Stewart, Rowland Jackman, Hybrid Perpetuals, Royal Horticultural Society's Garden, Alec Gray, Daisy Hill Nursery, Hybrid Tea, Lawrence Johnston, Miss Jekyll, Miss Lindsay, Musk Rose, North America, Reginald Farrer, Savill Gardens New!
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- Northern Ireland (Places in the News) by Gail Stewart on 5 pages
- The Shorter Poems (Collected Works of Robert Bridges) by Robert Bridges on 4 pages
- Cuttings from My Garden Notebooks by Graham Stuart Thomas in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Old Shrub Roses by Graham St. Thomas in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Northern Ireland (Cambridge Regional Geography) by Douglas A. Hill on page 85, and page 143
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- Recollections of Great Gardeners by Graham Stuart Thomas in Front Matter
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