Grania Cavendish, is a painter and a photographer. She and her husband, Hugh Cavendish, have lived, worked and gardened at Holker since they inherited the estate in 1972.
Hugh Cavendish, Baron Cavendish of Furness FRSA, is a landowner and politician. He owns Holker Hall and its surrounding estates overlooking Morecambe Bay in Cumbria and serves in the House of Lords as a Conservative life peer. He has also been High Sheriff of Cumbria and a member of Cumbria County Council and is currently President of the Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain.
‘This may be a unique account (I do not know another) of how a
garden links and divides generations; sometimes painfully personal,
yet purposeful, resourceful, and finally hugely successful.’
'On the back jacket of this book the author is photographed... his
humorous, weather-beaten face gazes out from beneath a wide-brimmed
hat - and you know immediately that you are going to be enjoy being
drawn into his world'
'This is the story of a family, a life, a community and an
exploration of continuity with the past and adaption to the modern
age'
'This is the story of both the titled Lord and the ordinary
perceptive human being who finds peace in his own garden' 'This is
the story of a family, a life, a community and an exploration of
continuity with the past and adaption to the modern age' An
excellent read for all garden lovers, local history buffs, anyone
who has ever visited Holker Hall and even those who haven't because
A Time to Plant will ensure you do. 'Plenty for the historian,
amateur gardener and serious plantsmen' 'For sheer fun, A Time to
Plant beats anything I've read this year' 'The photographs are
uniformly excellent, making one want to rush immediately to Holker
or even attempt to grow some of the plants depicted' 'Today Hugh
Cavendish spends his timing gazing at the running waters, thinking,
waiting for the trout to respond to the fly. In this book he
ruminates on a long and fortunate life, reading the swirling
waters, thinking, recollecting, philosophising, and catching those
rare moments of enchantment in a garden' 'The idea that knowledge
of, as well as care and respect for, your subject leads to improved
artistic output is clearly on display within the pages of A Time to
Plant' '...an account of what art is, the art here being not a
painting, a novel or a symphony, but a garden...Gardening, as seen
by Hugh Cavendish, is a context for other things, a means of giving
and taking pleasure, a continuing experience rather than a thing
completed, and a joint venture (with Grania).' 'Pleasingly
detailed, horticulturally inspiring, gently opinionated,
affectionate and at times very funny; in short, a love letter both
to and from an all-consuming house and garden' 'The imaginative and
creative gardening partnership between the author and his wife,
Grania, photographer, artist and his catalyst, has not only
produced one of the great gardens of England but also this
fascinating book... The book teaches as well as enchants ... a huge
pleasure.' 'On the back jacket of this book the author is
photographed... his humorous, weather-beaten face gazes out from
beneath a wide-brimmed hat - and you know immediately that you are
going to be enjoy being drawn into his world' ‘ This may be a
unique account (I do not know another) of how a garden links and
divides generations; sometimes painfully personal, yet purposeful,
resourceful, and finally hugely successful.’
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