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English Garden Writer: That title is not mine. It was penned by the English garden writer Reginald Farrer, a man who had a profound influence on gardeners of the Edwardian Era just before World War I and who did more to popularize alpine plants than any other. It is said that at elegant and sophisticated dinners where conversation usually dealt with gossip and scandal, everyone turned to talk of alpine wildflowers, drainage, and compost when Mr. Farrer walked into the room. Rock gardens were so popular it's as though the National Enquirer would suddenly devote its pages to planting vegetables instead of its usual fare.
HARTLIB, Samuel (died c. 1670), English writer on education and agriculture. Hartlib was born in Elbing, Prussia, the son of an English mother and a Polish father. About 1628 he went to England, where he introduced the works of Comenius on education. He also published pamphlets on a variety of subjects, including religion, education, and husbandry.
Practical Gardening is Britain's number 1 garden monthly and absolutely fun to have. Much of the information is as useful here as in England, and is a bit more realistic than that found in the expensive English garden books now flooding the market. The cost is about $18 a year but changes slightly with the exchange rates. |
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