Judyth McLeod
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Writer horticulturist lecturer garden historian |
| Location | Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia |
| Introduction | I am fascinated by plants (PhD). With a lifetime passion for history and studies in art and design this odd mixture gelled into a landscape historian. After being a university lecturer in landscaping and sustainable horticulture, I changed careers and now do the two things I love most, help run our plant nursery devoted to herbs, heritage roses and antique plants, and to writing (something which for too many years was tucked in after 10 pm). My books include titles such as 'Lavender Sweet Lavender', 'Botanica's Organic Gardening','Heritage Gardening', 'In A Unicorn's Garden (medieval gardens), 'The Atlas of Legendary Lands', 'Country Thyme', 'Our Heritage of Old Roses' and 'Organic At Home'. I also edited 'The Cottager' magazine, have contributed to a number of other books including 'The Complete Book of Herbs' and 'Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables' and had a radio gardening program. I live on a country property high above a valley, surrounded by semi-rainforest, gardens, and bellbirds and share a tiny cottage with my horticultural photographer husband and two rather elderly pussies. I'm currently working on two books 'Vampires' and The Medieval Book of Everything. |
| Interests | herbs, antique plants, writing books, medieval world, garden history, all things Celtic, exploring megalithic sites, magical uses and mythology of plants, Gothic |
| Favorite movies | Hopscotch, Charade, North by North West, and all things Hitchcock, Who's Killing The Great Chef's of Europe, The Pink Panther, Shot in the Dark, From Russia With Love and most Bond movies, Indiana Jones movies The Hunt For Red October, The Goodbye Girl |
| Favorite music | Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Verdi, French café music |
| Favorite books | Pride and Prejudice, all the Lovejoy books (Jonathan Gash), The Darling Buds of May (H E Bates), A Breath of French Air (H E Bates). Up the Garden Path (Beverley Nichols), Herbs (Tolley and Mead),Herb Gardening in Five Seasons (Adelma Simmons), The Gottage Garden (Roy Genders), Winnie the Pooh, on food anything by Ruth Reichl, M K Fisher, Elizabeth David (Particularly An Omelette and a Glass of Wine) and Nigel Slater, Honey and Wild Weeds, Angels and Demons )Brown), A Year In Provence (Mayle) |