Angie Lewin studied fine art at the Central School of Art and is a highly regarded artist and printmaker. Christopher Stocks is an author, journalist and trainee bell-ringer.
Together they have written and illustrated a number of bestselling books including _The Book of Pebbles_ and _The Book of Wild Flowers_.
Angie and Christopher joins us to celebrate their new book _The Book of Garden Flowers_, the perfect armchair and gardening companion to the garden flowers of the British Isles.
Christopher Stocks tells the fascinating tales of nineteen cultivated flowers and their journeys from distant corners of the world to British gardens, illustrated by the painter and printmaker Angie Lewin in this charming companion guide.
_The Book of Garden Flowers_ builds on the success of Angie Lewin's and Christopher Stocks' previous collaborations; _The Book of Wild Flowers_ and _The Book of Pebbles._
While _The Book of Wild Flowers_ explored the natural history of Britain's favourite wild species, _The Book of Garden Flowers_ is more a social history, bringing into focus some of the remarkable people who introduced exotic plants to our gardens from around the globe, including:
Revealing new stories behind some of our most familiar and unusual garden plants, this beautiful book explores the horticultural history and floral folklore of some of the nation's favourite flowers.