Literary Gardens

Sandra Lawrence has written for all the broadsheets and many magazines, as well as over 20 books, including Lost Gardens of the World (Frances Lincoln), Miss Willmott’s Ghosts (Bonnier) and The Witch’s Garden series for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Welbeck (The Witch’s Garden, The Magic of Mushrooms, The Witch’s Forest and The Psychedelic Garden). For children, she is the author of the Atlas series (Atlas of Beasts; Atlas of Heroes, Big Picture Press), Anthology of Amazing Women (Templar) and A Magical Guide to Plants (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Welbeck).Lucille Clerc is a French illustrator based in London. She mainly works in editorial design and book illustration and sometimes designs interior and exhibition spaces. Her work is inspired by the natural world and the streets and architecture of London.

• IntroductionThe Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson BurnettRebecca, Daphne du Maurier‘The Enchanted Garden’, Italo CalvinoAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll‘The Garden of Forking Paths’, Jorge Luis Borges imaginary speciesTom’s Midnight Garden, Philippa PearceElizabeth and her German Garden, Elizabeth von ArnimThe Hanging Garden, Patrick WhiteThe Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. LewisThe Pillow Book, Sei Shōnagon Strange WorldsLarry’s Party, Carol Shields‘Rappaccini’s Daughter’, Nathaniel HawthorneThe Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan EngHallowe’en Party, Agatha Christie‘The Garden Party’, Katherine Mansfield Literary PlantsThe Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix PotterRāmāyaṇa, Vālmīki‘Kew Gardens’, Virginia WoolfMy Mother’s House, ColetteThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis, Giorgio Bassani FairytalesMort, Terry PratchettMy Garden (Book):, Jamaica Kincaid‘The Door in the Wall’, H.G. WellsThe House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros‘Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance’, M.R. JamesThe World TreeThe Black Tulip, Alexandre DumasNo Tomorrow, Vivant DenonThe Big Sleep, Raymond ChandlerThe Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar WildeThe Great Gatsby, F. Scott FitzgeraldVisitingAbout the Author & IllustratorIndex

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