{"product_id":"beauty-abundance-british-cottage-gardens-hardcover","title":"Beauty \u0026 Abundance: British Cottage Gardens - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClare Foggett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJonathan Buckley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally the small plots where rural British workers grew the vegetables, herbs, and flowers they needed, cottage gardens were romanticized and reimagined by nostalgic Victorian gardeners into a bucolic idyll. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe style has endured ever since: drifts of colorful perennials mingle with fragrant roses, boisterous self-seeders teeter on the brink of chaos, fruit and vegetables scramble through rustic supports. Small in scale, wildlife friendly, natural, and organic, 'old-fashioned' cottage gardens are perfectly in tune with gardening in the modern day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing some of the most beautiful examples of cottage gardens in the UK today, these incredible spaces will transport you into a distinctly British world of peonies, foxgloves, roses and dahlias, with interviews with the designers and head gardeners featured to provide plenty of inspiration for bringing your own cottage garden to life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClare Foggett is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe English Garden\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the UK's best-selling luxury gardening magazine. A qualified horticulturist, she trained at Pershore College of Horticulture, and has worked in gardening publishing for the past 20 years, spending time at the RHS on members' magazine \u003ci\u003eThe Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, and 12 years at Bauer's weekly title, \u003ci\u003eGarden News\u003c\/i\u003e. She's a voluntary postholder for the Hardy Plant Society for whom she edits the HPS's biannual magazine\u003ci\u003e Cornucopia\u003c\/i\u003e and is a member of the RHS Herbaceous Plant Committee. She is also a former chair of the Garden Media Guild, the association that brings together gardening media professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Buckley (Photographs by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Buckley is an award-winning specialist garden and flower photographer who has been sole photographer on over 30 books, as well as contributing to a wide range of magazines and newspapers worldwide. Awards have included the Garden Media Guild Garden Photographer of the Year, Features Photographer of the Year and Single Image of the Year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 12.1 x 10.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47892962771165,"sku":"9781837836413","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/OXe4-vBNSe9781837836413.webp?v=1778194451","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/beauty-abundance-british-cottage-gardens-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}