Gardeners’ Choice is the second gardening book published by Persephone Books.  It is idiosyncratic and informative; and would be an excellent present for any gardener.

The writing is quite serious and is for the truly dedicated gardener – there are detailed descriptions of the plants that the two devoted gardeners would ideally choose for a garden. But the main delight of the book is the drawings – black and white illustrations that have never been reproduced since their first publication in 1937.

Endpaper: The endpaper design for Gardeners’ Choice is taken from the original jacket for the book (which was done in three colourways, pink, orange and green).