The Virago Book of Women Gardeners edited by Deborah Kellaway Meadow Grass Seed Wild foxgloves are biennial plants

Wild foxgloves are biennial plants and grow in the wild throughout the UK in gardens

plant snakeshead fritillaries in wildflower meadows

and its red fruits or “haws” in the autumn

The array of colourful blooms is particularly attractive to bees and other insect pollinators

Wild Tulip Tulipa sylvestris

The Virago Book of Women Gardeners edited by Deborah Kellaway Meadow Grass Seed Wild foxgloves are biennial plantsFrom diggers and weeders, to artists and colourists, writers and dreamers to plantswomen and landscape designers, women have contributed to the world of gardening and gardens. Featuring writers such as Colette, Margery Fish, Germaine Greer, Vita Sackville West and Edith Wharton, The Virago Book of Women Gardeners presents extracts from the 18th century to the present day and is full of anecdotes and good humoured advice. This is a celebration of the