The Pottery Gardener : Flowers and Hens at the Emma Bridgewater Factory

Author(s): Parkinson, Arthur
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 29/06/2020,
Pagination: 250 Illustrations, color,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780750992411,
Description:

The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery; but tucked within is a walled garden bursting with nectar-rich, jazzy-toned flowers and rare-breed chickens. This is where Arthur Parkinson - gardener, florist and poultry keeper - used to work his magic. Inspired by his friend, gardener and florist Sarah Raven, and childhood hen-keeping pen pal the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Parkinson's domain was one of resplendent flowers, platoon feather-legged hens, handwritten blackboards, flower arranging and wasteland foliage foraging - all carried out in one of the most unlikely places a garden could happen to exist: a working pottery.