Green Illusions. Longacre Press

Longacre Press

A sensitive biography of perhaps the greatest English gardener and finest plantsman of the twentieth century who created the famous garden at Great Dixter where he spent his whole life

A superb account of a neglected aspect of the war

information on planting for colour and imaginative planting schemes

Various authors

Green Illusions. Longacre PressOzzie Zehner. A provocative American book that argues that whilst we tend to believe that alternative technologies will solve our energy needs, green energy production is not the real environmental issue. New renewable energy systems have their own undesirable effects. The author points out that excessive energy consumption is the real problem. He persuasively argues that we must improve social and political fundamentals to reduce consumption in order