Walled kitchen gardens were found in the grounds of most large country houses in Britain and Ireland. They were designed to provide a continual supply of fruit, flowers and vegetables. The remains of these gardens can still be seen, some converted to other uses, some simply abandoned. This book examines the history of these old kitchen gardens.

Introduction; The situation of walled kitchen gardens; Design, layout and cultivation; The walls and their fruit; Heat and glass; The back sheds and the workforce; further reading; places to visit.