The Accidental Garden Writers - British the spirit of la dolce

the spirit of la dolce vita that infuses every page

Pilgrim from the August 22

and these oyster forks only enhance the feeling

Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man from the May 12

The Story Map of Ireland (1935) features historical facts about Éire’s major battles

The Accidental Garden Writers - British the spirit of la dolceWhat is a garden? Is it an arena for the display of human mastery or might it be something less determined, more generous? These are questions that Richard Mabey, arguably England's greatest nature writer, considers in his new book, The Accidental Garden. From the pressing surrounds of the inventive, half wild garden that Mabey, an instinctive rewilder, and his partner Polly, a determined grower, have shared for two decades, Mabey weighs past hopes