Connecticut Cottages and Gardens – December 2012
My book was included in the thirteen books selected for the Christmas issue of CTC&G as “fireside reads to satisfy every bookworm on your list.”
Barbara Robinson
Publishers Weekly Review
I was delighted with the insightful and positive review just written in Publishers Weekly. It reads as follows or you can also find it on their website with the picture of the book by clicking here. Rosemary Verey: The Life and Lessons of a Legendary Gardener Barbara Paul Robinson. David R. Godine, $30 (288p) ISBN …
Here and Now — Sacha Pfeiffer Interview on WBUR on December 21, 2012
On the day of the Winter Solstice, Sacha Pfeiffer started her interview of me about my book by playing an actual recording of Rosemary Verey’s voice talking about The Garden in Winter, one of her most influential books. Then she went on to ask me about the book and my experience working for Rosemary Verey …
Today on Here and Now — NPR station WBUR at 12:48 PM
This afternoon at 12:48 PM. Here and Now will broadcast Sacha Pfeiffer’s interview of me on Here and Now on the Boston NPR station WBUR and its affiliates. You can hear it online at that time although if you listen on the radio, it may be broadcast a bit later.
The New York Hort Talk December 11, 2012
Despite the press of the Christmas crazies, a large audience took time out to come to The New York Horticultural Society, affectionately known as The Hort, on West 37th Street to hear my talk about my book. Many of the people in the audience had been to Barnsley House and some had met Rosemary. Others …
The Times Literary Supplement — TLS — Nov. 30, 2012
Elaine Showalter has named my book one of her picks for Books of the Year in the TLS. It reads as follows. Pat Barker’s Toby’s Room is the most emotionally powerful and aesthetically daring of her searing novels about World War I and British culture. Barker follows the group of Slade art students she wrote …
Allan Becker Garden Guru November 7, 2012
On his blog, Allan Becker reviewed my book — see below:
Ken Druse NPR Interview October 19, 2012
Ken Druse interviewed me about the book and it was broadcast on his radio program, Real Dirt on my birthday. What a special birthday gift!
The Times — Best Gardening Books of the Year
The Saturday, December 1, 2012 issue of The Times came out in London with Stephen Anderton’s list of the best gardening books of the year. My book was listed second! Here is the text. The best gardening books of the year Stephen Anderton Published at 12:01AM, December 1 2012 Joy Larkom’s Just Vegetating (Frances Lincoln, …
Queens Botanical Garden November 10, 2012
I had a wonderful afternoon at the Queens Botanical Garden where I spoke about my book in the impressive new Visitors and Administration Building, beautifully designed with a green roof with evironmentally sensitive systems. Here I am after the talk with some of the Garden’s young interns who are students at a public High School. …