Old Nectar: A Garden for All Seasons
Description
One of South Africa’s best-known and well-loved gardeners shares the history and stories behind Old Nectar, the famous South African garden that has been visited and admired for decades. Detailing the garden’s humble and inauspicious beginnings—including a neglected property that lacked modern conveniences such as electricity and indoor plumbing—this keepsake discusses how the garden gained worldwide acclaim for its variety and year-round splendor. This beautifully designed book, filled with some 200 exquisite photographs, shows off the several different gardens that make up Una van der Spuy’s creation, and presents the range of flowers, plants, and trees through the various seasons of the year.Author description
Una van der Spuy is a renowned gardener who purchased the property of Old Nectar in 1941 and in 1951 it was declared a National Monument, the only private garden to hold that honor in South Africa.Stock Information
General Fields
- : 9781770097568
- : Independent Publishers Group
- : Independent Publishers Group
- : February 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Paperback
- : Una van der Spuy
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