tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post9003098497132464008..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Book Review: Secret Gardens of the CotswoldsVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-44283256612041027122015-01-23T14:37:51.518+00:002015-01-23T14:37:51.518+00:00Now you've whetted my appetite and I was deter...Now you've whetted my appetite and I was determined to resist buying more gardening books! I haven't searched out Victoria's blog yet but will remedy that - especially as you recommend her writing. Books like this with fab photos also provide inspiration on how to take good photos of gardens. I'd better pop back to David's blog and have a go at his competition. Good review, Michelle! xCarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11317388242574705433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-4158652964498523872015-01-22T00:54:09.330+00:002015-01-22T00:54:09.330+00:00Thanks for the lovely compliment, CJ! Hope to see ...Thanks for the lovely compliment, CJ! Hope to see you at Tales from Awkward Hill.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-57764864168650198992015-01-22T00:52:27.773+00:002015-01-22T00:52:27.773+00:00Thanks for your review, VP! It's always diffic...Thanks for your review, VP! It's always difficult to review things that friends have done, so if it's any consolation, your review broadly agrees with the one in this month's edition of The English Garden. And I don't know the woman who wrote that review at all!<br />I think I might enter The Anxious Gardener's competition. I'm running out of copies to give to people. (Only joking, Sue Garrett!)Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-83114658092742675082015-01-20T08:56:48.475+00:002015-01-20T08:56:48.475+00:00Hi Victoria, great review and I now wish I had bag...Hi Victoria, great review and I now wish I had bagged a copy. My partner's family live in Glos and we visit several times a year. I know what you mean by 'outsiders' winning competitions - I'm always delighted when a regular reader wins one of my competitions. But if I can further publicise a book and its authors by widening the net as wide as possible, that's a good thing isn't it? Thanks for the plug! DaveDavid Marsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194429506546837258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-22665069296969743572015-01-19T22:42:57.891+00:002015-01-19T22:42:57.891+00:00Oh I'm sure that this will be both well writte...Oh I'm sure that this will be both well written and well informed VP. I'm still resisting book buying but maybe there are exceptions to the rule :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-23794252474947768192015-01-19T17:12:06.679+00:002015-01-19T17:12:06.679+00:00The review that I didn't give a glowing testim...The review that I didn't give a glowing testimony to was a book and in fairness I did include some positives but I just didn't enthuse. I always warn that any reviews will be honest or what is the point?Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-31033575487474422082015-01-19T13:39:40.022+00:002015-01-19T13:39:40.022+00:00I absolutely love the look and sound of this book ...I absolutely love the look and sound of this book and am also pre-ordering it on my side of the pond...Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13420133886162844400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-58355929301328900082015-01-19T12:16:29.967+00:002015-01-19T12:16:29.967+00:00Now I am even more excited that I pre-ordered the ...Now I am even more excited that I pre-ordered the book! Lovely review...I am so glad that blogging led me to you and Victoria. Please, don't put me in the drawing! xoxoGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-55999924483879402462015-01-19T11:22:11.832+00:002015-01-19T11:22:11.832+00:00I knew whilst I was writing my reply that's wh...I knew whilst I was writing my reply that's what you'd say and I applaud you for being so self-restrained. However, I know you're generous with your comments and a thoughtful reader and it seems only fair for my fellow bloggers to spread the love to where it's deserved. As for reviews... I was worried about this one because Victoria is such a good friend...but then I know her writing, so I knew this would be a good read. Hugo's photos are delightful, but then it's fab subject matter and they both live un the area, so it'll have seeped into their pores. As for other reviews, honest ones are the only way we can do them isn't it? If mine is a bad one, I always let the company know first, so they have the opportunity to do something about it. I look at not just the product too e.g. I've fed back loads about the state of packaging I get and the companies involved really value that kind of information.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-51679763781036200162015-01-19T11:14:22.315+00:002015-01-19T11:14:22.315+00:00Which is really why I wouldn't enter a comp on...Which is really why I wouldn't enter a comp on a blog that I don't visit. It just doesn't seem fair. I don't get asked to do reviews any more since I wrote a less than enthusiastic one so I don't have to worry too much about competitions!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-86073413887722147972015-01-19T11:11:31.829+00:002015-01-19T11:11:31.829+00:00There are plenty of surprises guys! Like the garde...There are plenty of surprises guys! Like the garden where the maker imported tonnes of soil so he could grow acid loving plants!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-52411439144695023482015-01-19T11:00:50.426+00:002015-01-19T11:00:50.426+00:00Looking forward to reading Victoria's long awa...Looking forward to reading Victoria's long awaited book!Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-51386722832079140782015-01-19T10:23:07.931+00:002015-01-19T10:23:07.931+00:00So glad you've found Victoria again CJ :) She ...So glad you've found Victoria again CJ :) She and I started blogging at around the same time and she's been such a wonderful friend who also provides plenty of encouragement re my writing's progress :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-53839577523334198942015-01-19T10:18:18.875+00:002015-01-19T10:18:18.875+00:00It looks like a wonderful book, I'm a huge fan...It looks like a wonderful book, I'm a huge fan of the Cotswolds (and luckily they're not too far away from me). Some of the gardens and houses there are utterly beautiful. And thank you for the link to Victoria, I used to follow her blogs, but somehow I'd lost her. I happy to be back following her again, she writes so very well. CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-52786411435194298482015-01-19T10:16:23.377+00:002015-01-19T10:16:23.377+00:00Sue - the next one is already in the pipeline... L...Sue - the next one is already in the pipeline... London! I'm pretty sure others will follow - after all there is a richness of gardens awaiting discovery up north. Do visit the website and enter if this book takes your fancy - you deserve to win as your blog is great! I've pretty much given up with competitions as I started them as a thank you to my readers and commenters. However they are so often 'hijacked' nowadays by people outside of the blogging community and it's so depressing to draw their names out of the hat.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-56767030457010718072015-01-19T10:08:24.192+00:002015-01-19T10:08:24.192+00:00Sounds to be an interesting book rather than the s...Sounds to be an interesting book rather than the same old thing. I've not visited the blog that you mention so I won't take part in the draw as it always feels wring to visit just to take part in a competition. Pity some gardens are closed to the public and others only opened now and again. Maybe this could be part of a series and your friend can write one about the secret gardens of Yorkshire local to those of us up NorthSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.com