Are you concerned that your friends would melt away if they overheard your conversations with your kitties? Do you worry that it's not natural to know - really know - exactly what your cats are thinking? If so, Beverley Nichols is a kindred spirit with delightfully witty and utterly absorbing tales [...]

Beverley Nichols (1898-1983) was a prolific author, playwright, composer, and media personality. Though much of his work has been forgotten, his garden writing has stood the test of time. His amusing anecdotes, poetic contemplations, and penetrating observations speak to all gardeners - from housepl[...]

In this, the second volume of the "Merry Hall" trilogy, Nichols is less concerned with his garden and more with his house, but the story does include the memorable characters Our Rose, the ditzy floral designer, and the cantankerous gardener Oldfield.[...]

"Down the Garden Path" has stood the test of time as one of the world's best-loved and most-quoted gardening books. Ostensibly an account of the creation of a garden in Huntingdonshire in the 1930s, it is really about the underlying emotions and obsessions for which gardening is just a cover story. [...]

One of the final books from Nichols' long carerr spent writing about gardens. The author distills 30 years of practical experience in a characteristically entertaining fashion.[...]

This hilarious memoir is brimming with unforgettable characters and the author's keen understanding of the important role gardens play in the modern world.[...]