pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: GARDEN GNOMES
A HISTORY
By: Twigs Way
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.99
Our price: £6.59
Discount:
17.5% off
You save: £1.40
ISBN 10: 0747807108
ISBN 13: 9780747807100
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery rates
Stock: Currently 0 available
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Pub. date: 27 May, 2009
Series: Shire Library No. 487
Pages: 56
Description: Originating in Europe, garden gnomes made the leap across the channel in the nineteenth century, where they were welcomed warmly by wealthy Brits who saw them as the must-have garden accessory. This title provides the intriguing story of gnomes and how they have come to reside in the flowerbeds of gardens across Britain.
Synopsis: This is the intriguing story of garden gnomes and how they have come to reside in the flowerbeds of gardens across Britain. Originating in Europe, gnomes made the leap across the channel in the nineteenth century, where they were welcomed warmly by wealthy Brits who saw them as the must-have garden accessory. But the fortunes of the humble gnome were not to last, and they soon found themselves sneered at by serious gardeners. Turned away from fashionable gardens, the little gnomes found a friend in many a working class gardener, who adopted them in increasing numbers, and in a variety of humorous poses. Today, gnomes are as popular with the masses as ever, and this entertaining illustrated history will appeal to those who love, and hate, these small bearded characters.
Illustrations: Illustrations (chiefly col.)
Publication: UK
Imprint: Shire Publications Ltd
Returns: Non-returnable
Some other items by this author:
A CROCODILE IN THE FERNERY (HB)
A NATION OF GARDENERS (HB)
A NATION OF GARDENERS (HB)
A PASSION FOR GARDENING (HB)
A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF IMPARKMENT ON THE SOCIAL LANDSCAPE OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND HUNTINGDONSHIRE FROM C1080 TO 1760 (PB)
ALLOTMENT AND GARDEN GUIDE (HB)
ALLOTMENTS
ALLOTMENTS (PB)
ALLOTMENTS (PB)
CARNATION (HB)
CHRYSANTHEMUM (HB)
DIGGING FOR VICTORY (HB)
GERTRUDE JEKYLL (PB)
PICTURING PARADISE (PB)
SUBURBAN GARDENS (PB)
TEA GARDENS (PB)
THE COTTAGE GARDEN (PB)
THE EDWARDIAN GARDENER'S GUIDE
THE EDWARDIAN GARDENER'S GUIDE
THE EDWARDIAN GARDENER'S GUIDE (HB)
THE TUDOR GARDEN
THE TUDOR GARDEN
THE TUDOR GARDEN (PB)
THE WARTIME GARDEN
THE WARTIME GARDEN
THE WARTIME GARDEN (PB)
TOPIARY (PB)
VIRGINS, WEEDERS AND QUEENS
VIRGINS, WEEDERS AND QUEENS (HB)
VIRGINS, WEEDERS AND QUEENS (PB)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
The Horticultural Show Handbook (Spiral bound)
Royal Horticultural Society
Our Price : £7.20
more details
RHS Botany for Gardeners (Hardback)
Octopus Publishing Group
Our Price : £13.86
more details
Nigel (Paperback)
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual (Hardback)
HarperCollins Publishers
Our Price : £21.90
more details
The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants (Hardback)
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
Our Price : £12.40
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 FAMILY, HOME AND PRACTICAL INTERESTS
 gardening


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 






Early Learning
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB) Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
add to basket

Early Learning
add to basket

Picture Book
All the Things We Carry PB What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
add to basket