Dr Catherine Horwood is a cultural historian and writer with a broad knowledge of both horticultural and women’s history. Her biography, Beth Chatto. A life with plants (Pimpernel Press, 2019) was awarded the European Garden Book of the Year in 2019. She is a successful speaker and has made regular appearances on BBC Radio and on podcasts in the US and UK, including for the RHS.

• PrefaceChichester-Clark Family TreePart I Life before Gardening1 Political Families and Family Politics2 ‘Poor Wee Miss Penny’3 North Foreland Lodge4 Girton Girl5 Mrs Paul Hobhouse6 Argyll Farmer’s WifePart II Hadspen I7 Daughter-in-Law8 Margaret’s Legacy9 Hadspen Hostess10 The Country Gardener11 Gardening at Hadspen12 Garden History Society13 BolterAppendix: List of Olearias at Hadspen House, 1978Part III Tintinhull14 The Smaller Garden15 Gardening at Tintinhull16 Colour in Your Garden17 Color in Your Garden18 New York Botanical Garden19 Garden Style20 Oronsay21 Gardens of the World22 Flower Gardens23 Austin, Texas24 Plants in Garden HistoryAppendix: Plant List of the Azalea Garden (now Middle Garden) at Tintinhull, 1980sPart IV Bettiscombe25 On Gardening26 Gardening at Bettiscombe27 The Art and Practice of Gardening28 Walmer Castle29 Aberglasney30 Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Designs31 RHS Wisley Country Garden32 Three Gardens, Three Challenges33 A Time of Reckoning34 Planting for the Future35 The Story of Gardening36 Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show37 Gardens of Persia38 In Search of ParadiseAppendix: Plant List of Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2001Part V Hadspen Again39 The Parabola Problem40 Memories of the AlhambraPart VI Dairy Barn41 The Story of Gardening Revisited42 A Lifetime of AchievementAppendix: Plant List of Dairy Barn, 2025Appendix: Roots and BranchesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex

Dr Catherine Horwood is a cultural historian and writer with a broad knowledge of both horticultural and women’s history. Her biography, Beth Chatto. A life with plants (Pimpernel Press, 2019) was awarded the European Garden Book of the Year in 2019. She is a successful speaker and has made regular appearances on BBC Radio and on podcasts in the US and UK, including for the RHS.

• PrefaceChichester-Clark Family TreePart I Life before Gardening1 Political Families and Family Politics2 ‘Poor Wee Miss Penny’3 North Foreland Lodge4 Girton Girl5 Mrs Paul Hobhouse6 Argyll Farmer’s WifePart II Hadspen I7 Daughter-in-Law8 Margaret’s Legacy9 Hadspen Hostess10 The Country Gardener11 Gardening at Hadspen12 Garden History Society13 BolterAppendix: List of Olearias at Hadspen House, 1978Part III Tintinhull14 The Smaller Garden15 Gardening at Tintinhull16 Colour in Your Garden17 Color in Your Garden18 New York Botanical Garden19 Garden Style20 Oronsay21 Gardens of the World22 Flower Gardens23 Austin, Texas24 Plants in Garden HistoryAppendix: Plant List of the Azalea Garden (now Middle Garden) at Tintinhull, 1980sPart IV Bettiscombe25 On Gardening26 Gardening at Bettiscombe27 The Art and Practice of Gardening28 Walmer Castle29 Aberglasney30 Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Designs31 RHS Wisley Country Garden32 Three Gardens, Three Challenges33 A Time of Reckoning34 Planting for the Future35 The Story of Gardening36 Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show37 Gardens of Persia38 In Search of ParadiseAppendix: Plant List of Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2001Part V Hadspen Again39 The Parabola Problem40 Memories of the AlhambraPart VI Dairy Barn41 The Story of Gardening Revisited42 A Lifetime of AchievementAppendix: Plant List of Dairy Barn, 2025Appendix: Roots and BranchesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex

Dr Catherine Horwood is a cultural historian and writer with a broad knowledge of both horticultural and women’s history. Her biography, Beth Chatto. A life with plants (Pimpernel Press, 2019) was awarded the European Garden Book of the Year in 2019. She is a successful speaker and has made regular appearances on BBC Radio and on podcasts in the US and UK, including for the RHS.

• PrefaceChichester-Clark Family TreePart I Life before Gardening1 Political Families and Family Politics2 ‘Poor Wee Miss Penny’3 North Foreland Lodge4 Girton Girl5 Mrs Paul Hobhouse6 Argyll Farmer’s WifePart II Hadspen I7 Daughter-in-Law8 Margaret’s Legacy9 Hadspen Hostess10 The Country Gardener11 Gardening at Hadspen12 Garden History Society13 BolterAppendix: List of Olearias at Hadspen House, 1978Part III Tintinhull14 The Smaller Garden15 Gardening at Tintinhull16 Colour in Your Garden17 Color in Your Garden18 New York Botanical Garden19 Garden Style20 Oronsay21 Gardens of the World22 Flower Gardens23 Austin, Texas24 Plants in Garden HistoryAppendix: Plant List of the Azalea Garden (now Middle Garden) at Tintinhull, 1980sPart IV Bettiscombe25 On Gardening26 Gardening at Bettiscombe27 The Art and Practice of Gardening28 Walmer Castle29 Aberglasney30 Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Designs31 RHS Wisley Country Garden32 Three Gardens, Three Challenges33 A Time of Reckoning34 Planting for the Future35 The Story of Gardening36 Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show37 Gardens of Persia38 In Search of ParadiseAppendix: Plant List of Bettiscombe at the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2001Part V Hadspen Again39 The Parabola Problem40 Memories of the AlhambraPart VI Dairy Barn41 The Story of Gardening Revisited42 A Lifetime of AchievementAppendix: Plant List of Dairy Barn, 2025Appendix: Roots and BranchesBibliographyAcknowledgementsIndex