{"product_id":"old-herbaceous-a-novel-of-the-garden-paperback","title":"Old Herbaceous: A Novel of the Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eReginald Arkell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePenelope Hobhouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in print after fifty years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Herbaceous\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse's immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener \"Old Herbaceous,\" the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, \"so blue, so blue it positively hurts.\" Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, \u003ci\u003eOld Herbaceous\u003c\/i\u003e is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal--and crotchety--head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Hobhouse, a renowned garden designer and lecturer and the author of numerous gardening books.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack in print after fifty years \u003cbr\u003e\"Old Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse's immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener \"Old Herbaceous,\" the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, \"so blue, so blue it positively hurts.\" Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, \"Old Herbaceous is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal--and crotchety--head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house. \u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by\u003cbr\u003ePenelope Hobhouse, a renowned garden designer and lecturer and the author of numerous gardening books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReginald Arkell\u003c\/b\u003e (1872-1959) wrote many musical plays for the London theater, the most popular of which was \u003ci\u003e1066 and All That\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the author of \u003ci\u003eA Cottage in the Country\u003c\/i\u003e and the Green Fingers series of garden verse. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Pollan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Botany of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e (available from Random House Trade Paperbacks) and \u003ci\u003eSecond Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, named one of the best gardening books of the twentieth century by the American Horticultural Society. He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eHarper\u003c\/i\u003e's magazine and a contributing writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.04 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757763821856,"sku":"9780812967388","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d71d433144dbb14f34634d1439bf9527.webp?v=1780111229","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/old-herbaceous-a-novel-of-the-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}