"A triumph, beautifully crafted by an author who has thoroughly researched and understood her subject. From start to finish, this publication gives us a real understanding of Beth's life. There is so much here to keep the reader gripped ." - Gardens Illustrated "Brilliant, charming and beautiful, she was a horticultural pioneer whose impact continues to this day. Her gardening genius made her the darling of pop stars, aristocrats and royalty -- yet as this sympathetically written biography reveals, her apparently gilded life was far more turbulent than anyone could have suspected." - Daily Mail "This fascinating, beautifully-written biography paints a fond and intimate portrait of one of the true greats of the gardening world." - The Irish Times "Beth loved autumn, and for me, Beth Chatto: A Life with Plants shines most in this season of transition, as her later years are chronicled.[It] tells a complete and intimate portrait of Chatto's professional and personal life .
" - Massachusetts Horticultural Society "Beth Chatto.died last year having handed over her gardening notebooks to Catherine Horwood. Perhaps more pertinently for Horwood, and for non-gardeners whose eyes glaze over at the mention of horticultural triumphs, Chatto also entrusted Horwood with her private diaries . As Horwood's detailed and rigorous Beth Chatto shows, plantspeople have passions beyond their garden beds." - The Sunday Times (London) Gardening Books of the Year " A fascinating portrait of one of the true gardening greats from her early childhood in rural Essex to her ground-breaking work as a nursery owner, award-winning author and multiple gold-medal-winner exhibitor at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show." -- Irish Times Gardening Books of the Year "Full of tales of Chelsea shows, of travels with Christopher Lloyd and of Cedric Morris's artists' colony at Benton End in Suffolk. Fascinating stuff." -- Times "Not a gardening book per se but a book about a gardener who created a garden of distinction on a dry, windswept site, earning her a reputation as an international influencer .
The book brings its subject back to life, enabling those previously unfamiliar with Chatto's work and influence to understand the context in which her ideas were formulated and excelled." -- Irish News Best Gardening Books of the Year.