Knave of spades
the growing pains of a gardener
Large print ed.
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Word Count
81,750 words, Guess
Page Count
327 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveknaveofspadesgro0000titc
- ISBN-101408459744
- ISBN-101408459752
- ISBN-139781408459744
- ISBN-139781408459751
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number467766533
- Open LibraryOL27858556M
Classifications
- DDC635.092
Description
When Alan left school at fifteen little was expected of him, but in the ancient greenhouses of the local nursery Mrs T's little lad found his spiritual home. Yorkshire would be left behind as he journeyed south to college and then to Kew Gardens, where he encountered rare plants collected by Captain Cook and a varied assortment of eccentrics in the world's most famous garden. Spells as a teacher and editor followed, until fate took a hand when he landed a job on BBC's Nationwide as gardening presenter. His childhood dream of inheriting the mantle of gardening god Percy Thrower was beginning to come true ...
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