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  1. Forest Gardening with Robert Hart (1999)

    Director
    Malcolm Baldwin
    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £14.95

    In the late 1960s Robert Hart had a vision of planting a small edible forest which could fulfil the needs of a healthy diet in beautiful, ecologically-sound surroundings. He based his ideas on tropical...

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  2. John Chittock (1928-2011)

    Date
    15 Oct 2011, 16:19
    Author
    bufvcsergio
    Post Type
    Post

    It is with sadness that we report the death of John Chittock. Born on 29 May 1928, John Dudley Chittock had a distinguished career as a columnist on the Financial Times from 1963 to 1987, writing about...

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  3. English Garden, The. Part 1: A Tapestry of Herbs and Roses (To 1660) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

    The story of great gardens in England and Wales from Roman times to the 1980s. This programme opens with Sir John Gielgud in the Jubilee Gardens, London, remarking that the English garden often reflected the...

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  4. Garden Island, The (1968 Film)

    Director
    Steve Szabo
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    An introduction, illustrating some of Malinowski’s material, to the ethnography of the Trobriand Islands in eastern Papua, showing gardening methods, magic, harvest, and dances, including among the latter...

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  5. Banking on People (1991)

    Subject
    Business studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 45 minutes), £20.00

    Britain’s first ethical bank, Mercury Provident Plc, was established in 1974. Depositors explain that it is important that their money is being used positively supporting what they value and believe in....

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  6. Grow Your Own Drugs (2009)

    Subject
    Health Education; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 180 minutes), £15.65

    Ethnobotanist and gardener James Wong demonstrates how to grow and transform familiar plants into simple natural remedies that could help ease the symptoms of a variety of minor everyday ailments. A mix of...

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  7. Trobriand Islanders, The (1952 Film, Video)

    Director
    Harry A Powell
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    A general introduction to the people of the Trobriand Islands. Also covers gardening and associated magic, mortuary rites, Kula preparations, and the harvest season. Made mainly in the region of Omarakana...

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  8. Artists and Designers in the Garden (1997 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 60 min., 1997 sale: £15.99 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Garden designers from New Zealand, California and Toronto explain their gardening ideas. Shows a number of gardens including Claudia Ellis’ ‘still life’ garden, Mendocino, California; Andrew Hodge’s...

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  9. English Garden, The. Part 2: A Pattern for Pleasure (1660-1725) (1980 Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 26 min.

    Looks at the influence of Dutch, French and Italian styles after the Restoration. Walls of trees and hedges became the vogue as did the use of statues and terracing. There was much interest in exotic plants...

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  10. Dig for Victory (2006)

    Subject
    Agriculture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 65 minutes), £16.99

    A documentary about Britain’s ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign of the Second World War. Launched in 1939, the campaign encouraged men, women and children to cultivate their gardens, local parks and...

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