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The entertaining story of the ambitious World Garden project at Lullingstone Castle in Kent — an attempt to establish a collection of plants from every continent — currently being documented in a twelve-part BBC series. It’s a riveting story of English eccentricity in full bloom.
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Held captive by guerrillas in Darien Gap, Tom Hart Dyke kept hold of his sanity by dreaming of a ‘world garden’ made up of plants from every corner of the globe. Once safely back in Kent after his ordeal, Tom was struck by the desire to make his dream a reality.In so doing he could finally lay his demons to rest and, at the same time, revive the fortunes of his ancient family home, Lullingstone Castle. An Englishman’s Home charts the highs and lows of Tom’s quest to build the World Garden.No problem is insurmountable and Tom’s determination to turn Lullingstone into a major tourist attraction and centre for plant enthusiasts overrides all the obstacles that are thrown his way.His book is a glorious tale of English eccentricity in full bloom. ‘Tom Hart Dyke is quite an exotic hothouse hybrid himself: the Lara Croft of flowers ... a sweet twenty-first-century David Bellamy’ Observer
About the Author
Tom Hart Dyke is a plant collector whose enthusiasm for orchids led him to the Darien Gap in Central America where he was captured (with his travelling companion Paul Winder) by FARC guerrillas and held hostage for nine months. They book of their experiences, The Cloud Garden, was a Sunday Times bestseller in hardback.
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0593056981
- ISBN 13 9780593056981
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages320
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