The Accidental Garden
Gardens, Wilderness and the Space In Between: SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
$25.11
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
‘Delightful … Mabey is the doyen of UK nature writing’ New Statesman ‘Both instructive and exciting, often ecstatic… Mabey is a great, pioneering nature writer’ Irish Times ‘Our greatest nature writer’ New Scientist
We regard gardens as our personal dominions, where we can create whatever worlds we desire. But they are also occupied by myriads of other organisms, all with their own lives to lead. The conflict between these two power bases, Richard Mabey suggests, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805220725 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1805220721 |
| Author: | Richard Mabey |
| Publisher: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 150g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
‘Absolutely enchanting … With wisdom, wit, erudition and modesty, Mabey explores the edgeland between cultivation and wildness’ - Isabella Tree, author
‘A calming reflection on the enduring resilience of nature … a discursive, philosophical memoir about everything from the human desire to shape nature to what Mabey calls the ambiguous experience of gardening in the midst of an environmental emergency’ - Financial Times
‘Delightful … The Accidental Garden provides an overview of Mabey’s evolved thinking over a lifetime … Richard Mabey is the doyen of UK nature writing’ - New Statesman
‘Inspirational … meditative … an advocate for a new non-domineering understanding of the relationship between human beings and the rest of the natural world’ - Spectator
‘This is part memoir, part naturescape and part gardening book. … there is also something much rarer in this book: wisdom. What a treat’ - The Times
Richard Mabey
Richard Mabey is one of our greatest nature writers. His books include the bestselling plant bible Flora Britannica, Food for Free, Turned Out Nice Again, Weeds: The Story of Outlaw Plants, and Nature Cure. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Norfolk.
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