Author: Parkinson, Arthur
Poultry farming
Published on 29 June 2020 by The History Press Ltd in the United Kingdom.
Paperback | 250 Illustrations, colour
191 x 245 x 15 | 716g
The Emma Bridgewater factory in Stoke-on-Trent is a mecca for lovers of its iconic pottery; but tucked within is a walled garden bursting with nectar-rich, jazzy-toned flowers and rare-breed chickens. This is where Arthur Parkinson “ gardener, florist and poultry keeper “ used to work his magic. Inspired by his friend, gardener and florist Sarah Raven, and childhood hen-keeping pen pal the late Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Parkinson's domain was one of resplendent flowers, platoon feather-legged hens, handwritten blackboards, flower arranging and wasteland foliage foraging “ all carried out in one of the most unlikely places a garden could happen to exist: a working pottery.