We Made a Garden (Modern Library Gardening)

First published in Britain in 1956 and never before available in America We Made a Garden is the classic story of a unique and enduring English country garden. One of Britains most esteemed gardening writers recounts how she and her husband set about creating an exemplary cottage garden from unpromising beginnings on the site of the former farmyard and rubbish heap that surround their newly purchased home in the countryside of Somerset England. Each imbued with a strong set of horticultural opinions and passions Mr. and Mrs. Fish negotiate the terrain of their garden by turns separately and together often with humorous collisions. From the secret to cultivating the smoothest lawn to the art of lifting and replanting tulip bulbs to the landscaping possibilities of evergreens the diverse elements of successful gardeningand delightful writingare bound together by Mr. and Mrs. Fishs aspiration to cultivate that most precious and slow-growing qualitythe fundamental character of a good garden.