Search Results: Irish Garden Books from Carrageen Books

Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New/Very Good. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Good tight condition, some staining on edges, owners signature and some light pencil drawings on inside cover, red boards with gilt, corners bumped.

2016. Soft cover. New. New book. Signed by the Author. 'A Tale of Two Gardens' Norah Burgess & Danae Kindness. A very beautiful book, highlighted in The Irish Times by Fionnuala Fallon in August 2016 "In 1999, the friendship between these two passionate Irish gardeners became the subject matter of a weekly gardening column in the Limerick Leader, in the shape of a series of conversational letters in which Kindness and Burgess exchanged their observations and opinions on everything from the workings of the compost heap to the merits of fresh figs. The column was suffused with their love of plants as well as the obvious deep affection the two women had for each other. Dear Norah, I thoroughly enjoyed the tour of your iris collection . . . what a great aperitif to the luxuriant summer borders soon to follow . . . Dear Danae, I must begin by telling you my solution to the problem of slugs and snails in the garden . . . Dear Norah, I was awe- struck by your fascinating discovery that lightening storms… Read More

Boethius Press, 1985. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Very good condition, 1st edition paperback from 1985.

Boethius Press, 1987. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. The brightest jewel a history of the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin E. Charles Nelson / Eileen M. McCracken. Illustrated by Wendy F. Walsh. In near fine condition, no dust jacket, very rare and sought after in its hardback form. Boethius Press 1987 Black cloth hardcover, Quarto 275 pp. Development of the Dublin National Gardens emphasises the difference between European Botanic Gardens and those which developed in the British colonies in the 19th century. The science of Botany and the skill of the gardener go hand in hand but in Glasnevin this culminates in the Garden becoming the home for Ireland's National Herbarium which houses a most important assemblage of native flowering plants, gymnosperms, and cryptograms, as well as extensive collections of specimens from Great Britain and all round the world. In Glasnevin the entire running of the garden reflects this scientific background and expertise of their staff but even so the… Read More