GARDEN PEOPLE: VALERIE FINNIS AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF GARDENING

‘One of our favourites of the year … fascinating and charming’
BBC Gardeners’ World

‘A  classic record of great gardeners … an unmissable book … the defining record of sixty years of English gardening and the people who really knew what they were doing’
The Financial Times

‘Beautifully evocative … epitomizes life, society and gardens in the second half of the 20th century’
Amateur Gardening

‘Wonderful images … a lovely read, part social history, part gardening record'
The Gloss Magazine

'The book is an endearing chronicle of a lost age'
Sunday Times

THE ENGLISH GARDEN

'...Buchan has done a brilliant job in boxing and coaxing the vast sweep of English garden history into an engaging narrative.'
The Independent

 'The themed chapters are a good way to tackle the mass of information and Buchan has a light touch and a dry view of design foibles. I liked her comment about the appeal of hard landscaping to 'the rich, the self-confident and the busy.'
The Spectator

 'This is a wonderful book for anyone who enjoys visiting gardens and wishes to understand more of their history and development. It hits the perfect balance between being a large format volume, full of breathtaking photography by Andrew Lawson, and a scholarly work by one of our most respected garden writers.'
Birmingham Post

'The book is well planned and designed and the result is a delight. I found it riveting and read it right through at a gallop - then went back immediately and started all over again. it is many years since I read a book right through twice.'
Gardens Illustrated

'This is a book in the grand tradition of English garden writing....The author is even-handed and unprejudiced throughout, and her style direct, confident and perfectly at ease with the subject, if a little queenly at times...'
Kew Magazine