Abraham spice garden is one of the best garden is listed
in the book "Around The World In 80 Gardens" by
Monty Don (Weidenfeld
& Nicholson, 2008)
The
BBC2 series Around The World In 80 Gardens, began broadcasting in
the UK on BBC2 in February 2008. It is introduced by Monty Don and
he has also written a book with the same title. According to
Wikipedia (2008) 'Montagu 'Monty' Denis Wyatt Don (born 1955) is a
BBC television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture.
Monty Don received no formal training as a gardener. In his own
words "I was – am – an amateur gardener and a professional writer.
My only authority came from a lifetime of gardening and a passion
amounting to an obsession for my own garden." He is a keen
proponent of organic gardening and the practice of organic
techniques, to some extent, features in all of his published work.
The organic approach is most prominent in his 2003 book The
Complete Gardener. Monty and wife Sarah's previous career in the
1980s involved making and selling costume jewellery under the
company name 'Monty Don Jewellery'. The collapse of the company in
the early 1990s prompted him to embark on a career in writing and
broadcasting. He has written about the rise and collapse of their
business in The Jewel Garden, an autobiographical book written
with his wife, Sarah.'
Monty
Don narrate in his book " The spice garden display area is 2 acres
and not in the least primped or even, perhaps, conforming to the
conventional notion of garden. The lines between domestic garden,
forest and smallholding are blurred to my constrained English eye.
I put it in a forest garden/permaculture' pigeon hole and then
take it out again. It is what it is. Mr Abraham's garden".
It is
of course, full of spices, He grows cardamom, cinnamon, pepper,
cloves, vanilla, ginger, turmeric, old spices, etc..
