Adventurous Gardener

by Christopher Lloyd, Charles Elliott (Foreword), Pamela Toler (Photographer)

Lloyd inspires gardeners to be adventurous and offers ways to make new and exciting such familiar chores as weeding, taking cuttings, reseeding, and pruning.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Christopher Hamilton Lloyd, OBE, was a British gardener and author. He was the 20th Century chronicler for the heavily planted, labour-intensive, country garden.[

Reviews

[Caitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only dipped into this but quickly found several very useful pieces of advice on pruning lilacs and other specific issues. Lloyd is opinionated but open-minded too with a distinctive voice. Now Great Dixter is at the top of my British gardens-to-visit list.