Charles Elliott

Following the roaring success of the first Potting Shed Papers, here is a second helping of essays, filled with yet more revelations from the world of gardening.

Charles Elliott casts a whimsical eye over gardens and gardening around the globe.

A celebration of the garden through poetry – illustrated with botanical prints, hand-coloured and black-and-white engravings and watercolour drawings – this book will delight gardeners of all levels.

A companion to The RHS Treasure of Garden Verse, this anthology presents a selection of garden writing spanning the globe and the centuries. Illustrated with botanical prints.

From Homer to Tom Stoppard, writers whose direct concern with gardening may only be slight, find themselves deeply involved with particular, maybe imaginary gardens. Thus gardens turn up in the most surprising contexts, from 10th century Japan to the more familiar world of 19th and 20th century English literature.

A witty exploration of gardening in Britain – from why Britain is so wet to an account of Charles Darwin's obsession with earthworms and a history of lawns and lawn-mowers.

A collection of sparkling and unpredictable essays ranging across the whole world of gardening, and sometimes slightly beyond, from the acclaimed author of The Transplanted Gardener and The Potting Shed Papers.