Where the Wildness Pleases

Caroline Holmes is a well-known name in horticulture, sifting humour from humus worldwide. She has lectured across many oceans and on every continent except Antarctica, from the University of Cambridge to Paris, New York, Sydney, Wellington and Penang, delving into the myriad ways people and plants have historically shaped landscapes and what we can learn from them. She co-presented the garden design and history TV series Glorious Gardens for Anglia, Meridian and Channel TV. She has presented several BBC Radio Four series and written 11 books. Her last, Water Lilies and Bory Latour-Marliac, the genius behind Monet’s Water Lilies, received the Herb Society of America’s ‘Elizabeth Crisp Rea Award’. RHS Herbs for the Gourmet Gardener was a finalist in the Garden Media Guild 2014 Reference Book of the Year Award. Caroline won the Herb Society of America’s ‘Gertrude B. Foster Award for Excellence in Herbal Literature’.