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Sat, Feb 14, 04 at 12:07
| Fascinating tale of the restoration of a Cornish estate's fabulous gardens that had been decaying for the better part fo a century.
They had a bigger budget than most, and help from the BBC and the National Trust, but we can all sympathize. |
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| Who is the publisher? |
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- Posted by lazygardens Sunset Zone 13 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 14, 04 at 18:53
| It's published by "Victor Gollancz" ... a British publisher, ij associstion with Chammel 4 television (they did a whole series on it) Amazon.com says it's a different publishrr And there is a paperback version. |
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| LG: Thanks. |
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| Now THIS is the story of a garden restoration. It is facinating, you won't want to put it down. |
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| If you go to the site below you will be able to have a virtual tour of the gardens, an introduction by Tim Smit, and so on. This was a 10 year restoration. Look for the 'Mud Maiden'. . . http://www.heligan.com |
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| Great web site! Thanks for posting the link. |
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