About the Author

SUSAN CAMPBELLl is an author and illustrator who has pioneered research into the history of the kitchen garden. She lectures widely on the subject and advises English Heritage and the National Trust as well as private owners on their restoration.

Reviews

exhaustively detailed and utterly fascinating Organic Gardening an enjoyable book for the kitchen gardener, food lovers and those who love their history. If you've never grown your own this will definitely give you the taste for it Garden Answers We have a sense of real plants growing in real gardens and even the garden history seems to come alive within this context ... a smashing book Journal of the Museum of Garden History