The Written Garden

Available for 30 days

Penelope Lively's intimate meditation on gardening, literature and creativity continues as she turns her attention to the garden in fiction. Read by Stephanie Cole. One of the UK's most cherished and admired writers Penelope Lively uses the garden to break open the world for us, and examines how we might encourage our lives to bloom. Abridged by Siân Preece Producer: Eilidh McCreadie. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2017.