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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 |
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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
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| WALLED KITCHEN
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| by Susan Campbell |
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| Available from
bookshops, ISBN 0 7478 0369 2, or direct from
Shire Publications, Cromwell House, Church Street,
Princes Risborough, Bucks HP27 9AA |
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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
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| By Susan Campbell |
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ISBN 0 7126 1251 3, published by Century Press
1987 |
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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
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| By Robert Thompson |
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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
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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, |
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ISBN 0 7126 2209 8, published by Century, 1990. |
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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 |
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| ISBN 0 5632 0442 7, BBC
Books 1987 |
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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 |
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Sutton Publishing Ltd in
association with the National Trust, 1998
ISBN:0-7509-1423-8 |
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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 |
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Available from: Organic
Gardening Catalogue, Riverdene Business Park,
Molesey Road, Hersham,
Surrey KT12 4RG. Tel:01932 253666
www.OrganicCatalog.com
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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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