Alex Dingwall-Main
Author of The Luberon Garden
About the Author
Alex Dingwall-Main was born in Scotland. He has run a garden design practice for over twenty-five years and is a broadcaster and writer for the BBC, the Sunday Times, and magazines such as House Garden. He lives in Provence.
Works by Alex Dingwall-Main
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- male
- Nationality
- England
UK - Places of residence
- Provence, France
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- 109
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- Rating
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To understand that result, I turned to this book, hoping to gain a better understanding of the olive tree and its amazing produce. The author is a professional landscape architect, known for his broadcasts and articles for the Beeb and The Times. His search for the oldest olive tree, in order to complete a garden design for a French client, allows the reader to learn the history of Olea Europaea and its link to the ancient gods. Dingwall-Main's snarky remarks throughout the book are a bit of a turnoff, but when he lets nature speak for itself (the middle of the book), the gods are happy.
Good points: The Epilogue and Olive Facts section at the end of the book. Also, the hardback is a beautiful printed product, with proper paper, excellent typesetting, and intrinsic drawings by Don Grant.
In California, the olive tree is an immigrant like the rest of us. In our drought-ridden hills of gold, the nearest equivalent we have to The Shire are the groves of olive trees whispering among themselves in the sun like the true Carthaginians they really are.
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