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In the last few years, the Cutting Garden has become the peak of horticultural aspiration. There are best-selling books and courses run about growing your own cut flowers. This all seems very new. It seems that in the past, cutting gardens were only for stately homes and even then, tucked away in the corner of a vegetable garden. But was that always so?
In this talk, Dr Catherine Horwood explores the origins of the cutting garden and reveals its fascinating links to a social history involving walled gardens, plant introductions, commercial floristry and flower arranging.
Catherine started her career as a journalist, then pursued a career in academia before becoming a full-time writer, publishing several books and writing articles for publications such as Gardens Illustrated and The English Garden. She has worked on exhibitions and broadcasts especially on the history of women in horticulture; she is the official biographer of Beth Chatto and has recently been commissioned to write the biography of Penelope Hobhouse, another famous female horticulturist.
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