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Roy Lancaster: My Life with Plants
Roy Lancaster
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Description for Roy Lancaster: My Life with Plants
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 200 colour illustrations, 200 photographs. BIC Classification: BM; WMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's birth on 5th December 1937 was the start of something big for plants and horticulture. His chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment brought him fame as a Bolton schoolboy and sowed the seeds of his future career. This book is the story of his adventures as he sees tropical plants for the first time in the jungles of Malaya, meets Roberto Burle Marx at his garden near Rio de Janeiro, and hunts for pitcher plants in North America. ... Read more
Celebrated plantsman Roy Lancaster's birth on 5th December 1937 was the start of something big for plants and horticulture. His chance find of a Mexican tobacco plant in a local allotment brought him fame as a Bolton schoolboy and sowed the seeds of his future career. This book is the story of his adventures as he sees tropical plants for the first time in the jungles of Malaya, meets Roberto Burle Marx at his garden near Rio de Janeiro, and hunts for pitcher plants in North America. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Filbert Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780993389252
SKU
V9780993389252
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Roy Lancaster
Roy Lancaster OBE VMH Fl Hort FLS is a world-renowned plantsman and a Vice President of the RHS. He was a popular presenter on BBC TV Gardener's World and panellist for Radio 4's Gardener's Question Time. He supports plant conservation programmes, speaks out for specialist nurseries and inspires young horticulturists. He has written a number of successful books, leads ... Read more
Reviews for Roy Lancaster: My Life with Plants
I recommend you read this beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated book which allows us to share time with the woody plant genius that is Roy Lancaster. Rosie Peddle, The Mediterranean Garden
Rosie Peddle
The Mediterranean Garden
An inspiring book by one of the greatest plantsmen of our time. I can't ... Read more
Rosie Peddle
The Mediterranean Garden
An inspiring book by one of the greatest plantsmen of our time. I can't ... Read more