BBC Essex Quest
Listen back to Sarah Barclay, author of Eden’s Keepers, chat on BBC Radio Essex about Nancy Tennant and the WI, helping out with the ‘Essex Quest’ show.
BBC Essex interview with Sarah Barclay
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Eden's Keepers
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AN Irish Gardener
“Eden’s Keepers is the interesting and beautiful story of two people, Nancy Tennant and Humphrey Waterfield, and two gardens, Hill Pasture in Essex and Le Clos du Peyronnet in Menton, France. An interesting and touching story.”
Reader Review of Eden's Keepers
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Liz Hoggard, Arts Journalist and Judge for the 2022 Comedy Women In Print Book Prize.
‘We may think we invented complex modern relationships but Eden's Keepers, detailing the 40-year ‘miraculous friendship’ between an elegant older woman and a younger gay man, is original and inspiring. Set against the backdrop of the 20th century and two world wars, taking in everything from the Bloomsbury Set to the founding of the WI, this is biography at its most compelling. Not only did Nancy Tennant and Humphrey Waterfield create a series of beautiful gardens together (their own version of earthly paradise), they pioneered a new way of living. There are many ways to love - without jealousy and fear - and their refusal to be judged by society enriches all of us today. Surely a film or TV series must be in the works!’
Christmas Gift Guide
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Book(ish)
Natasha Poliszczuk includes Eden’s Keepers in her guide for best books to gift this Christmas season.
'If garden history is more your cup of tea (preferably drunk in the shade of the spreading oak as the cuckoo calls overhead), then Eden's Keepers is a fascinating story of paradise lost, found - and gardens created'
Book Review - Eden's Keepers
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Hampshire Gardens Trust
Sally Miller at Hampshire Gardens Trust, gives Eden’s Keepers by Sarah Barclay a glowing review. Read the full review in their newsletter by clicking here.
Colin Gray's Instagram Review - Eden's Keepers
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Gardens Illustrated
“The page-turning love story of two exceptional 20th-century garden makers, written by one of Tennant’s granddaughters.”
Gardeners' Lives and Gardens
Hampshire Chronicle
The Hampshire Chronicle join Sarah Barclay at the launch of her new book Eden’s Keepers at The Hospital of St Cross.
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Country Life
Giles Kime at Country Life reviews Sarah Barclay’s Eden’s Keepers. Click here to read the whole review.