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| WALLED KITCHEN
GARDENS |
| 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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| CHARLESTON
KEDDING, a History of Kitchen Gardening |
| by Susan
Campbell |
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Now only available
through internet retailers, ISBN 0 09 181385 9,
published by Random House, 1996. Contact susan.campbell@
walledgardens.net if you have problems
finding a source. |
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Comprehensive,
richly illustrated and beautifully written, this book
traces the history of kitchen gardening from the Greek
and Roman roots to the present day. It offers a fascinating
insight into the skills and horticultural secrets of
the past, by examining the development of the walled
kitchen garden – its structure, layout and planting
– through the imaginary yet typical English country
estate, Charleston Kedding. 288pp, hardback.
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| COTTESBROOKE
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| By Susan Campbell |
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| Available from bookshops,
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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| A PARADISE OUT
OF A COMMON FIELD |
| by Joan Morgan and
Alison Richards, |
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| Available from bookshops,
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 Davis |
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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: ÔThe
Garden' and The Produce'. The book is a compilation
of chapters each of which is contributed by a specialist,
such as ÔThe Walled Garden at Shugborough' by Simon
Sekers and ÔGlasshouse 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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