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Books by Georgee Mckay






Radical Gardening(1st Edition)
Politics, Idealism and Rebellion in the Garden
by Georgee Mckay
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2011 by Frances Lincoln
ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-3030-9, ISBN: 0-7112-3030-7

"War is the natural occupation of man … war-and gardening. Winston Churchill to Siegfried Sassoon, 1918In the common public perception, contemporary gardening is understood as suburban, as leisure activity, as television makeover opportunity. Its origins are seen as religious or spiritual (Garden of Eden), military (the clipped lawn, the ha-ha and defensive ditches), aristocratic or monarchical (the stately home, the Royal Horticult ..."