In Your Garden and in Your Garden Again

This volume combines two collections, first issued in 1951 and 1953, of Sackville-West's weekly gardening columns for the Observer. The pieces follow the year in a working garden, with Sissinghurst as the unspoken measure: roses, shrubs, climbers, vegetables, and experiments with colour and scent. She gives practical advice on planting, pruning, and choosing varieties, and she writes about other gardens and plants seen in travel. The tone is that of a working correspondent rather than a systematic manual. The book is horticultural journalism gathered into seasonal reading, not a novel and not a history of English garden design.

Colour photographic plates. Pictorial blue and green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Green slipcase.