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Percy Thrower (1913–1988)

Author of Everyday Gardening in Colour

26 Works 191 Members

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Includes the names: Percy Thrower, Percy Thrower's

Image credit: Percy Thrower - Photo: Timothy O'Sullivan

Series

Percy Thrower's Practical Guides

Works by Percy Thrower

Everyday Gardening in Colour (1969) 33 copies

Fresh Vegetables and Herbs from Your Garden (1974) 26 copies

In your greenhouse with Percy Thrower (1972) 25 copies

In Your Garden With Percy Thrower (1970) 20 copies

Encyclopaedia of Gardening (1970) 17 copies

Percy Thrower's How to grow vegetables and fruit (1977) 14 copies

COLOUR IN YOUR GARDEN (1966) 9 copies

Gardening Month by Month (1980) 8 copies

First-time Gardening (1979) 7 copies

Gardening Year (1973) 6 copies

Practical Guide to Roses (1974) 4 copies

Quick Tips for Better Gardening (1991) 3 copies

My lifetime of gardening (1977) 3 copies

Bulbs, Corms and Tubers for Garden, Greenhouse and Home (Percy Thrower's Practical Gardening Guides) (1966) 2 copies

My Fun to Garden (Gardening is fun) (1976) 2 copies

Percy Thrower's Step By Step Gardening (1974) 2 copies

Percy Thrower's Picture Book of Gardening 1 copy

Garden Notebook (1978) 1 copy

In the Flower Garden 1 copy

The Hamlyn all-colour garden book (1979) 1 copy

Gewächshauspraxis für Hobbygärtner 1 copy

Guide to BBC Gardener's World (1973) 1 copy

PERCY THROWER'S PRACTICAL GUIDES ROSES 1 copy

Garden Flowers (Percy Thrower's Practical Gardening Guides) 1 copy

In the flower garden with Percy Thrower 1 copy

Garden Flowers - Perennials, Annuals and Biennials 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Thrower, Percy John
Birthdate: 1913-01-30
Date of death: 1988-03-18
Gender: male
Awards and honors: Royal Horticultural Society Victoria Medal of Honour (1977)
Order of the British Empire (Member, 1984)
Nationality: England
UK
Birthplace: Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, England
Place of death: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Burial location: St Chad Churchyard, St Chads Terrace, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Associated Place (for map): England

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Works: 26
Members: 191
Popularity: #114,254
Rating: ½ 2.3

ISBNs: 35
Languages: 2

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