{"product_id":"the-quotable-gardener-by-charles-elliott-2447l","title":"The quotable gardener by Charles Elliott","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tulips are too excitable - Sylvia Plath;African marigolds have abouts much freshness as the leather of a new football, without the quality ofeing easily kicked out of the way - Christopher Lloyd;The garden that isinished is dead - H.E. Bates;When Wordsworth's heart filled with pleasuret a crowd of golden daffodils, it's a safe bet he didn't see them two weeksater - Geoff Hamilton;These are just a few of over 400 quotations featuredn this book on the endless fascination of gardening. As well as wittyne-liners, the book contains stanzas of verse and full paragraphs ofarrative. It includes sections on gardening wisdom, planting and design, theeasons, enthusiasms, and the edible and inedible, all introduced bycclaimed gardening star Charles Elliott. Gardening writers past and presentre represented, but the selections also range through a variety of recordediterature, from the Bible, through Chaucer and Dickens, to Prince Charles.ther featured authors include Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, Gertrude Jekyll,ed Hughes, Russell Page, Vita Sackville-West and Oscar Wilde.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41830887096394,"sku":"2447l","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/2447l_ee7788e1-556e-4964-a901-e813a1830b73.jpg?v=1764458244","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-quotable-gardener-by-charles-elliott-2447l","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}