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Joy Larkcom

b. 1935

British garden writer

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About Joy Larkcom

Born 1935. Joy Larkcom is a British garden writer.

Joy Larkcom is a British vegetable grower and gardening writer, known for books including Grow Your Own Vegetables and Creative Vegetable Gardening, and a campaigner for organic gardening.

Biography alt=A farmer holding a steel watering can in each arm, watering along a furrow in a soil field. In 1976-1977 she and her husband Don, with their two small children, spent a year touring Europe looking at vegetable growing methods, on what she called "The Grand Vegetable Tour".

In 1993 she was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Memorial Medal, and in 2003 a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Garden Writers' Guild (now the Garden Media Guild).

Larkcom's archives are being prepared for the Garden Museum in London.

Selected publications Vegetables from Small Gardens (1976) Salads the Year Round (1980), revised as Salads from Small Gardens (1995) The Vegetable Garden Displayed (1982, revised 1994) Sainsbury's Homebase Guide to Vegetable Gardening (1983) Observer Good Gardening Guide (1983) The Salad Garden (1984, revised 2001) Oriental Vegetables (1991) Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens (1993) Creative Vegetable Gardening (1997; reprinted 2008, Mitchell Beazley: ) Grown Your Own Vegetables (2002 revised ed, Frances Lincoln: ) Just Vegetating: A Memoir (2012, Francs Lincoln: )

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Garden writer
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Awards
Veitch Memorial Medal
Also known as
Joy Kerr Larkcom

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Joy Larkcom?

British garden writer

When was Joy Larkcom born?

Joy Larkcom was born on 16 November 1935.

What is Joy Larkcom's occupation?

Joy Larkcom is a garden writer.

What nationality is Joy Larkcom?

Joy Larkcom is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Joy Larkcom

· Wikidata: Q105100629

· DBpedia: Joy Larkcom

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