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From: g*@otherside.com

To: perennials@mallorn.com

Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:13 AM

Subject: Re: Gardens Illustrated

Hello Graham,

    Thank you for the additional background on Gardens Illustrated. Appreciated.

    May I also say thanks for a great job on the Hellebores web site? your writing is very precise, concise, carrying exactly what one wishes to know on a subject. Look forward to seeing the web site mature with your presence.

    Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
g*@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

----- Original Message -----

From: g*@grahamrice.com

Subject: Re: Gardens Illustrated

Gardens Illustrated, for whom I've written occasionally since it lauched over ten years ago, actually sells as many copies in the US and in the UK.

It combines stylish design and planting ideas with plant profiles (I've done them on Barnhaven primroses, anemones and hollyhocks) and is definitely at the modernistic end of the spectrum. Compare with English Garden, which sells more copies in the US than the UK and which is far more traditional in its approach.

Gardens Illustrated, originally launched by one of the smaller magazine publishing companies, has been bought by the magazine branch of the BBC and while the style will not be changing dramatically I think it will certainly gain a higher profile and be easier to find. It's usually on sale in Barnes & Noble (along with BBC Gardeners' World magazine, its mass-market sister). It's excellent, with regular content on perennials - in fact the magazine sponsored the top garden at Chelsea last year (designed by Dutch designer/nurseryman Piet Oudolf) which particularly featured perennials.

Graham Rice

Northamptonshire, UK