There has been much talk of gardens in the last couple of months. Lockdown has made everyone aware of their importance. Those who are fortunate enough to have one thank their lucky stars and wonder how those with no garden are managing. To be without one seems a terrible deprivation. Delightfully, just at the right time, this book appears and what it does is give everyone who reads it a small space where they get to enjoy the pleasures of growing things in a format that they can carry around in their hands and return to again and again.
This book sees the return of the Morris/Mayhew team which brought us the wonderful Mrs Noah's Pockets. The worry with sequels to beloved books is that they're not going to be as good as the first book. There are no such worries here, of course. Mrs Noah's Garden is joyous and colourful and inspired and we can enjoy the two books equally.
This story is an account of how Noah and Mrs Noah and their children find an initially unpromising spot to in which to settle. But undeterred, they clear the space, build and put together a dwelling place, and above all, plant a garden. Mrs Noah of course is the one who goes out at night when all are sleeping and plants it. And it grows and provides bounty and beauty and becomes a perfectly glorious garden,
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