{"product_id":"9780571280810","title":"Miss Willmott of Warley Place: Her Life and Her Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1858 to a wealthy family Ellen Willmott owned three gardens, in England, France and Italy, and employed one hundred and four gardeners. She mixed with royalty and her name was associated with the greatest gardeners of her time, Gertrude Jekyll, William Robinson and E. A. Bowles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1894 she joined the Royal Horticultural Society and in 1897 she was one of the first sixty recipients (and one of only two women) to receive the Victoria medal of honour. \u003cb\u003eWarley Garden in Spring and Summer\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of photographs, was published in 1909 and in 1912 she published \u003cb\u003eThe Genus Rosa\u003c\/b\u003e. In the same year she was awarded the grande m daille Geoffroi St Hilaire from the Soci t  d'Acclimatation de France and in 1924 received the Dean Hole medal from the National Rose Society. An acknowledged and admired expert in her field Ellen Willmott died in 1934 aged 76, alone and nearly bankrupt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1980 this carefully researched biography is a fascinating account of a woman who was infamous in her time and whose mark can still be seen on the horticultural world today. \u003cb\u003eMiss Willmott of Warley Place\u003c\/b\u003e is republished to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Ellen Willmott's birth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber and Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167398641904,"sku":"9780571280810","price":20.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780571280810_p0.jpg?v=1769896969","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780571280810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}