The Last Garden

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I loved the concept of this book far more than the execution. I have always been curious about the concept and execution of a majestic, monumental British garden and the idea of following the history of a significant (if fictional) one for 100 years was really enticing. And I don’t know, to be honest. The drugs I was taking were mainly legal, but still, my thinking probably wasn’t entirely lucid. I was in some kind of fugue state, maybe. When land girl Beth Pedley arrives at a farm on the outskirts of the village of Highbury, all she wants is to find a place she can call home, while cook Stella Adderton could not be more desperate to leave Highbury House pursue her own dreams. Diana Symonds, a widow and the mistress of the grand house, is desperately trying to cling to her pre-war life now that Highbury House has been requisitioned to become a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers. But when war threatens the gardens at Highbury House, these three women are drawn together by a secret that will last decades. The ability to take three separate stories from three different time periods, create excellent plots, and weave them all together seamlessly into a breathtaking end. All three time periods: early 1900s, 1940s, and 2021 were all excellent in their own rights. That in itself is hard to find. I enjoyed the development, the complexity, the mystery, the romance, the twists/turns/suspense, and the endings all equally. I didn’t get around to planting that rose, not right away. I dug the hole, though. When you’re planting a rose, you want a hole about twice the size of the root ball. It’s a good idea to dust it with fertiliser. Fish, blood and bone, ideally. Again, gardening is mainly about death.

The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly | Goodreads The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly | Goodreads

Armistice Day: A Collection of Remembrance - Spark Interest and Educate Children about Historical Moments You can sign up for the 2024 service from the middle of December 2023. Other ways to get rid of garden waste Household Recycling Centres These, then, were the prevailing conditions in the spring of 2013. This was what I was up against. And faced with odds like these, I did what anyone would do. I bought a colossal number of plants, took a boatload of drugs and embarked on a massive construction project.These were the most complicated sections of the book but the most interesting and fleshed out in my opinion. Sorting the numerous characters and their stories was well worth the effort as there were many touching moments. Because the solar year is the true year, beyond the jurisdiction of our calendars. The pagans understood this. Even our stone age ancestors, who’d only recently acquired pots to piss in, they got this particular memo. The Last Garden follows the story of a little girl who tends the last garden in a war-torn city.As the city breaks, everyone is forced to leave and soon the girl must leave her beautiful garden behind. Whilst the garden is left alone, its seeds scatter throughout the city and roots begin to take hold.

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I found the stories interesting, especially related to the gardens. I'd never thought much about the large gardens on a country estate beside them being beautiful, so it was interesting to read of the first architect during the 1900s, the gardens being requisitioned during the war, and then current day, trying to reconstruct the original gardens. Julia Kelly's captivating novel, The Last Garden in England, is as immersive as it is enchanting...Historical fiction at its very best." - Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author of Becoming Mrs. Lewis And look, my thinking at this time was by no means lucid, but it was at least free of those taints. Things would surface sometimes, would crystallise.

The garden of the evening mists”, и за мое щастие, над 100-годишната градина в измисленото имение Хайбъри постепенно разкри доста тайни. I also enjoyed the Author’s note at the end to give a bit more context as to what was fact vs fiction vs inspiration. I enjoyed that as well. There are 4 Household Recycling Centres across the city where you can take your garden waste. Book a bulky waste collection Kelly's decades-spanning story will appeal to gardeners and lovers of Downton Abbey and Upstairs Downstairs." - Library Journal I loved this! I would recommend it to those liking historical fiction, resourceful women, and a bit of intricacy. The sophisticated writing drew me in and I’d like to read more by this author.

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LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. In 1907, Venetia Smith has made a reputation for herself as the designer of gardens for the wealthy. Her designs are innovative and her latest commission is to design the gardens of Highbury House. Her reputation is her most coveted asset and she guards it as such. It is when she meets the brother of the lady of the house that things go very wrong.The grass still needs cutting, but not for much longer. It’s probably just as well, in the circumstances.