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Welcome to the first Newsletter from the Walled Kitchen Garden Network, an alternative ‘virtual’ forum. A copy can be downloaded by clicking on the link below. Please note that the file will open in a new window.

THE POTTING SHED - ISSUE ONE (June 2006)
THE POTTING SHED - ISSUE TWO (February 2007)

We hope to make this a regular feature, but we would like to ask for your input for future editions. If you have any news, events, recent research, ideas or tips that you would like to share, we would be happy to hear from you. Please send your copy, preferably no more than 500 words, (no images I’m afraid) to: f.grant@walledgardens.net
A HISTORY OF KITCHEN GARDENING
by Susan Campbell
WALLED KITCHEN GARDENS
by Susan Campbell
COTTESBROOKE
by Susan Campbell
THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT: Practical and Scientific
by Robert Thompson
A PARADISE OUT OF A COMMON FIELD
by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards
THE VICTORIAN KITCHEN GARDEN
by Jennifer Davis
THE COUNTRY HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN 1600-1950: how produce was grown and how it was used
Ed. C.A.Wilson
HERITAGE VEGETABLES
by Sue Stickland
THE WALLED GARDEN
by Leslie Geddes-Brown
 


A HISTORY OF KITCHEN GARDENING

by Susan Campbell
A new revised edition of Charleston Kedding, published by Frances Lincoln. Paperback, £14.99, to be published on 20 October 2005

 

WALLED KITCHEN GARDENS
by Susan Campbell
Available from bookshops, ISBN 0 7478 0369 2, or direct from Shire Publications, Cromwell House, Church Street, Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 9AA
"Walled Kitchen Gardens" by Susan Campbell
Shire Album 339, part of the popular series of paperbacks, this 32pp publication is a very good introduction to walled kitchen gardens. Well-illustrated, it covers the situation, design and layout of walled gardens, cultivation and crops, the walls and their fruit, heat and glasshouses, and the back sheds and the workforce.
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COTTESBROOKE
By Susan Campbell
Available from bookshops, ISBN 0 7126 1251 3, published by Century Press 1987
"Cottesbrooke" by Susan Campbell

The 12-month diary of the activities in a kitchen garden in Northamptonshire that was still being run in the old, traditional way in 1984.
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THE GARDENER'S ASSISTANT: Practical and Scientific
By Robert Thompson

Originally published in 1878 (956pp), now available on CD (minimum requirements Windows, Adobe Acrobat Reader v5 and above). £18.21
Order from the publisher: The National Archivist


A guide to the formation and management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower gardens, and the cultivation of conservatory, greenhouse and stove plants; with a copious calendar of gardening operations, and select lists of plants, fruits and vegetables.
New Edition revised and extended by Thomas Moore assisted by eminent practical gardeners illustrated with numerous engravings and coloured plates. Illustrated with 8 chromolithographs of flowers,4 chromolithographs of carpet bedding, 20 black/white engraved plates, and vignette line drawings in the text and contemporary advertisements.

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A PARADISE OUT OF A COMMON FIELD
by Joan Morgan and Alison Richards,
Available from bookshops, ISBN 0 7126 2209 8, published by Century, 1990.

Subtitled "the pleasures and plenty of the Victorian garden", this book is about the accomplishments of the head gardener in the hey-day (1840-76) of Victorian gardening and the way in which he supported the social function of the country house. The model is the gardens at Linton Park in Kent. There are several good chapters on the productions of the kitchen garden and its glasshouses.
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THE VICTORIAN KITCHEN GARDEN
By Jennifer Daveis
ISBN 0 5632 0442 7, BBC Books 1987
"The Victorian Kitchen Garden" by Jennifer Davies

The book that was written to accompany a famous BBC television series on this subject.
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THE COUNTRY HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN 1600-1950:
how produce was grown and how it was used
Ed. C.A.Wilson
Sutton Publishing Ltd in association with the National Trust, 1998

ISBN:0-7509-1423-8
"The Country House Kitchen Garden 1600-1950"

Particularly useful for those interested in the early development of kitchen gardens. divided into two sections: 'The Garden' and The Produce'. The book is a compilation of chapters each of which is contributed by a specialist, such as 'The Walled Garden at Shugborough' by Simon Sekers and 'Glasshouse and Frames 1600-1900' by Susan Campbell. Well illustrated throughout, there is also a useful list of National Trust properties that have walled kitchen gardens.
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HERITAGE VEGETABLES
By Sue Stickland
Available from: Organic Gardening Catalogue, Riverdene Business Park, Molesey Road, Hersham,
Surrey KT12 4RG. Tel:01932 253666
www.OrganicCatalog.com
 

This book celebrates the diversity of our vegetable heritage, discussing why it is important to preserve it, and how we can help in our own gardens. Over 350 old fashioned varieties that have stood the test of time are described, with information on suppliers.
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THE WALLED GARDEN
By Leslies Geddes-Brown
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Available from bookshops, published by Merrell 2006
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"The Walled Garden" by L. Geddes-Brown

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Written by well-known gardens expert Leslie Geddes-Brown, this delightful book is a celebration of walled gardens worldwide. It traces the history of the phenomenon from the gardens of Ancient Greece and Rome and medieval depictions of the hortus conclusus (‘enclosed garden’) to avant-garde designs by today’s leading practitioners.
Thematic chapters cover such subjects as formal enclosures, walled herb gardens and those by well-known modern designers. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction followed by four or five beautifully illustrated features on specific gardens. The book concludes with an international plant directory and full contact details of all the contemporary designers featured, making this an essential, inspirational reference for garden lovers everywhere.
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