从伊甸园到小后院，从芬芳的记忆到篝火和邻居的权利，从引人遐想的蛞蝓到疑神疑鬼的棕榈屋园丁，这些诗歌迸发出有趣的生物多样性，异国情调的美丽和朴实的哲学。每个人都能从中受益，其中有一系列优秀的园艺经典，多年来的最爱，以及多萝西•帕克、西尔维娅•普拉斯和约翰•阿加德的最新作品。

每首诗都配有一张植物版画、手绘的彩色或黑白版画或水彩画——所有这些都来自皇家园艺协会林德利图书馆的杰出植物艺术收藏，该图书馆被公认为世界上**的园艺图书馆。

From the RHS comes this celebration of the garden, spanning the centuries and the globe. From the Garden of Eden to small backyards, from scented memories to bonfires and neighbours' rights, from suggestive slugs to paranoid palm-house gardeners, the poems burst out in a biodiversity of fun, exotic beauty and earthy philosophy. There's something for everyone, with a glorious array of gardening classics, perennial favourites and more recent contributions from Dorothy Parker, Sylvia Plath and John Agard.

Each poem is illustrated with a botanical print, a hand-coloured or black and white engraving, or a watercolour drawing - all from the remarkable collection of botanical art at the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library, acknowledged as the world's finest horticultural library.