The Head Gardeners Forgotten Heroes of Horticulture

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By: Toby Musgrave

246 pages, B/w illus & b/w photos

Publisher: Aurum Press

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ISBN: 9781845134112 Paperback Mar 2009 Out of Print #177975
ISBN: 9781845132835 Hardback Sep 2007 Out of Print #169060

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A study of the great Victorian and Edwardian head gardeners, a group of self-made men who transformed gardening from menial labour into a profession. This book aims to recreate the social world of the great country house gardens where staffs of up to fifty might be employed in growing produce of awe-inspiring variety in prodigious quantities.

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Toby Musgrave's previous books include Courtyard Gardens and Cottage Gardens, he is a member of the Garden Writer's Guild and lectures widely on garden history and garden design.

Out of Print

By: Toby Musgrave

246 pages, B/w illus & b/w photos

Publisher: Aurum Press

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'Toby Musgrave's delightful book about the single-minded and often tyrannical horticulturalistic pioneers of the English country garden.' Independent on Sunday 'Well researched and highly readable.' National Trust Magazine 'There is much information here but the many stories and anecdotes jolly it along most effectively.' Daily Telegraph

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