Catherine Horwood is an honorary research fellow of the Bedford Centre for the History of Women at Royal Holloway and has been a visiting fellow at Yale. She has won many prizes for her own gardens and was an honorary assistant organizer of the National Gardens Scheme for London. She is the author of History: The Story of Plants in the Home, Worst Fashions: What We Shouldn't Have Worn . . . But Did, and Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the Wars.
"Catherine Horwood has written a scholarly and, yet, immensely
readable book, bringing to life some extraordinary women." --Page
Dickey, author of Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden and
Gardens in the Spirit of Place
"Focusing on the fact of history that women have often been
excluded from the serious study of plants, Horwood brings these
women into their rightful place in the horticultural spotlight. At
more than 400 pages, there is much to be discovered about these
pioneering women." --The Garden Bench blog
"An interesting, well-told story." --Financial Times
"For anyone interested in the long and fascinating history of women
and their gardens, Horwood's book, with its vast scope . . . and
plethora of fascinating detail, is an admirable starting point."
--Daily Mail
"Horwood strikes gold." --Guardian
"It is about time that women gardeners received the generous
tribute awarded to them by Horwood's splendid book . . . lively,
superbly researched, and highly enjoyable." --Literary Review
"This delightful and impeccably researched history claims a place
on the crowded gardening shelf ... Highly recommended to all
armchair or actual gardeners interested in the history of
gardening."--Library Journal
"Women . . . are everywhere in gardening history. In gathering
their stories and describing their influences and achievements
Horwood has done a terrific, pioneering job. Beautifully structured
and cogently written, [this book is] rich, full, and lasting as
potpourri. Neither gardens, nor women, will seem quite the same
again." --Times
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