Catherine Horwood

Catherine Horwood is a social historian with a passion for plants and gardens. Her book, Gardening Women: Their Stories from 1600 to the Present (Virago, 2010) was enthusiastically received. "Horwood strikes gold," said the Guardian . "Packed with lovely detail and quirky stories," wrote the Mail on Sunda y. " Gardening Women is rich, full and lasting. Neither gardens nor women will seem quite the same again," said The Times . The American edition appeared shortly after under the title Women...See more

Catherine Horwood is a social historian with a passion for plants and gardens. Her book, Gardening Women: Their Stories from 1600 to the Present (Virago, 2010) was enthusiastically received. "Horwood strikes gold," said the Guardian . "Packed with lovely detail and quirky stories," wrote the Mail on Sunda y. " Gardening Women is rich, full and lasting. Neither gardens nor women will seem quite the same again," said The Times . The American edition appeared shortly after under the title Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today (Ball Publishing, Chicago). Catherine Horwood's other books include Ro se (Reaktion, 2018), Potted History: The Story of Plants and the Home (Frances Lincoln, 2007) and Keeping Up Appearances: Fashion and Class Between the Wars (Sutton, 2005). She has also written for newspapers and magazines including The Times , Daily Mail , Gardens Illustrated and The English Garden . Her blog, www.gardeningwomen.com, has a worldwide following. See less