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From diggers and weeders- to artists and colourists- writers and dreamers to trend-setters- plantswomen to landscape designers- women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Here Deborah Kellaway- author of The Making of an English Country Garden and Favourite Flowers - has collected extracts from the 18th century to the present day- to create a book that is replete with anecdotes and good-humoured advice. Colette- Margery Fish- Germaine Greer- Eleanor Sinclair Rohde- Vita Sackville-West- Rosemary Verey- Edith Wharton and Dorothy Wordsworth are some of the writers represented in this book....