Subtitled 'Three Hundred Years of Extraordinary Groves, Burrowings, Mountains and Menageries', this is an illustrated study of the rare, the wonderful, the bizarre and the delightfully batty... read more
The astonishing diversity of flora on St Helena is man-made but unintended: East India Company ships offloaded cargoes of precious plants to recuperate there before being transported onward.
The author cut her gardener's teeth in the gardens at Helmingham Hall, where she moved on her marriage in 1975. She now has a successful garden design company, Chelsea Gold medals to her nam... read more
There are 50,000 different edible plants in the world yet only 15 of them make up 90% of our staples... Informative and full of excellent vegetarian recipes contributed by many well known na... read more