A Little History of British Gardening

The book charts gardening right up to the present day, looking at the spike in demand for allotments and the current boom in naturalistic gardening. This isn’t a dry historical reference book, it’s filled with interesting anecdotes and asides that bring all the eras to life – Rachael Funnell * English Garden *Uglow’s account of a national obsession is a delight from beginning to end * The Observer *This book will be a joy for any gardener * The Independent *The biographer of Gaskell and Hogarth now takes us into the garden, where plants glow and miniature landscapes unfold at the touch of her easy prose * Sunday Telegraph *Enchanting, stirringly evocative and fascinating * Daily Mail *Elegant history…It is beautifully written and lets you see your own humble plot in its historical and geographical context * Daily Telegraph *Uglow is being modest: her long and leisurely stroll through 2.000 years of British gardening is dense with the foliage of historical research, and highly decorated with literary references and colourful anecdotes * Independent on Sunday *Enthralling…an elegant and witty gem * Herald *

Jenny Uglow writes on literature, art, and social history. Her books include award-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell, William Hogarth and Thomas Bewick, as well as a study of Sarah Losh, a surprising Victorian architect and visionary, and group studies including The Lunar Men and the panoramic In These Times- Living in Britain through Napoleon’s Wars, 1793-1815. She is now writing on Edward Lear. Jenny lives in Canterbury, and has four grown up children and seven grandchildren. She was created an OBE in 2008, and was Chair of the Royal Society of Literature 2014-2016.

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