Roy Strong

The quirkiest garden book Roy Strong has read in years

Meet the eccentric aristocrat who gardens in diamonds, with a gin in one hand and a chainsaw in the other, in a review of Digging with the Duchess by Sam Llewellyn

issue 13 December 2014
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  • Digging with the Duchess

    Sam Llewellyn

    New Hat, pp. 112

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