Product Description: A nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering the sort of classic, robust, wholesome food that would have emerged from the kitchen of an Edwardian country house like Downton Abbey.In this sumptuous cookbook, Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall takes us on a nostalgic culinary pilgrimage, rediscovering classic recipes from the Edwardian kitchen...read more

Product Description: Combining stories, quotes, and tips from couples of all ages, this charmingly illustrated compendium gives sage advice for married couples.Does he habitually leave his socks on the bathroom floor? Does she insist on interrupting your favourite programme to make you explain the plot (when she’s clearly not interested in it anyway)? Never fear...read more

Product Description: Anyone who enjoyed Jane Fearnley - Whittingstall's classic "Good Granny Guide" will love "The Good Granny Diary". Designed specifically for grandmothers, with beautiful illustrations capturing the changing seasons, and packed with new ideas, recipes and childcare tips, this book will make each day a joy to plan and become an indispensable part of every granny's life...read more

Product Description: Join a landscape architect on a trip through time to study the complex, exciting story of English gardening. Explore how garden styles, from medieval times on, have reflected political, economic, social, and cultural life and values...read more

Product Description: "...just the thing, both for beginners who want gardening explained simply and for old hands who want an all-in-one resource."--House and Garden. From weeding to watering, from pruning to propagation, from water gardens to kitchen gardens--if you're a gardener, this is the all-in-one-book that you must have! Written by a winner of two gold medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, and with over 800 color illustrations, it enlightens you on everything needed to produce a garden from scratch and sustain it successfully, no matter its size, shape, condition, or potential...read more

Product Description: The ultimate study of the peony: a celebration of its place in art and in history as well as a practical guide to its cultivation.

Product Description: Take the confusion out of choosing plants that will thrive in your garden. From the many varieties available today, find out which plants are right for your garden's conditions and how to keel) them healthy and beautiful. The 500 plants listed include old favorites as well as more unusual plants: chive, hollyhock, crown imperial, snowdrop, geranium, water lily, and tomato...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Provide step-by-step instruction in such basic skills as pruning, weeding, fighting pests and diseases, and propagination; and discusses how to select plants and take into account its soil, climate, and position.

Discusses the history and mythology of ivy, presents practical information for planting, maintaining, and treating ivy, and lists three hundred of the most common varieties