Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley

Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Secret Gardeners: Britain’s Creatives Reveal Their Private Sanctuaries by Victoria Summerley, with photography by Hugo Rittson-Thomas. This book offers private gardens rather than performances – spaces where public figures retreat into living, restorative landscapes. The gardens quiet the mind instead of amplifying it. In February, when energy can…

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Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley

Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Secret Gardeners by Victoria Summerley This book came out late in 2017, and the subtitle is Britain’s Creatives Reveal Their Private Sanctuaries. The Secret Gardeners is a delightful horticultural journey, inviting us into the private sanctuaries of some of Britain’s most celebrated creatives. It’s a feast for the eyes…

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Secret Gardens of The Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley

Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley This gorgeous book came out in 2015, featuring twenty unique British gardens and the people who own and manage them.  The book is photographed by Hugo Rittson-Thomas and written by Victoria Summerley, both of whom live in this part of…

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July 22, 2019 Drying Flowers, Asa Gray, Hugh Algernon Weddell, Cornelius Herman (“Neil”) Muller, Louise Klein Miller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley, Preparing a Spot for Flower Drying, and the San Jose scale

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Monologue Have you ever tried drying flowers? Successfully drying one of your favorite flowers is such a joy. Some flowers look even better when they are dried.…

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