Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Supporting your high street Find out how »
The Accidental Garden : Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between, Hardback Book

The Accidental Garden : Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between Hardback

Hardback

Pre-Order

Description

'Absolutely enchanting' ISABELLA TREEWe regard gardens as our personal dominions, where we can create whatever worlds we desire.

But they are also occupied by myriads of other organisms, all with their own lives to lead.

The conflict between these two power bases, Richard Mabey suggests, is a microcosm of what is happening in the larger world.

In this provocative book, rooted in the daily dramas of his own Norfolk garden, Mabey offers a different scenario, where nature becomes an equal partner, a 'gardener' itself.

Against a background of disordered seasons he watches his 'accidental' garden reorganising itself.

Ants sow cowslip seeds in the parched grass. Moorhens take to nesting in trees. A spectacular self-seeded rose springs up in the gravel.

The garden becomes a place of cultural and ecological fusion, and perhaps a metaphor for the troubled planet.

This is vintage Mabey, maverick, intensely observed, and written with an unquenchable sense of wonder.

Information

Save 8%

£12.99

£11.89

Pre-Order
Pre-Order
Sign in to add to wishlist
 
Free Home Delivery

on all orders

 
Pick up orders

from local bookshops

Information