There are Bodies in my Gardens: A gardening memoir

"There are bodies in her garden. In this very personal book, Ann Chapman recounts the many gardens she has designed and created, using that most favourite of plants, the heritage rose. Interspersed with stories about what she calls her 'other life', a life of working as a district councillor and district health board member, away from her garden she recounts the joys and hardship of building gardens, often with a touch of humour. Her tales of metaphorically burying people in her gardens who have made her grumpy will make you laugh, and her references to poets, writer throughout will intrigue. Ann Chapman has written six books, three fiction and three non-fiction. This is her fourth rose book and joins the three written about her favourite plant, the heritage rose; the Albas, Gallicas, the damasks which grace all her gardens. Her fiction books are about murder and mayhem - as far removed from the beauty of the classic heritage rose that you can get"--Back cover.