Derek Jarman's Garden
by Derek Jarman
I think this is the best gardening book ever written. It’s perfect. As a book it is incredibly personal, which I also love
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“I think this is the best gardening book ever written. It’s perfect. As a book it is incredibly personal, which I also love.” Read more...
Monty Don recommends His Favourite Gardening Books
Monty Don, Broadcaster
The film maker, Derek Jarman, ill with AIDS, retired to a remote cottage on the beach in Dungeness, Kent, where he created a beautiful garden in the shadow of the nearby nuclear power plant. Those confined to houses with gardens may find solace in gardening this spring. This will help to inspire you. Monty Don, one of the UK’s best known gardeners, described Jarman’s book to us as “the best gardening book ever written. It’s perfect.”
