The Guardian's John Dugdale named ten of the best literary gardens, including:Philippa Gregory, Earthly Joys (1998)Read about the other entries on the list.
Centring on the great early 17th-century gardener John Tradescant, who had access to court via his patrons Cecil and Buckingham; in Gregory's sequel, Virgin Earth, his son becomes gardener to Charles I and emigrates to Virginia during the civil wars.
--Marshal Zeringue
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