Diana Saville

Background

Diana Saville was born on February 15, 1943, in London, United Kingdom. She is a daughter of Archibald Saville, a company director, and Ellaline Saville.

Education

Diana Saville graduated with honors from St. Hugh’s College in 1965.

Career

Diana Saville began her career as a literary agent at A. D. Peters where she served from 1970 to 1974. She had been writing her own gardening books and editing other people’s garden books, and acting as a horticultural consultant and as a garden and plant photographer at the beginning of her professional path.

A commission to edit a volume of poetry and paintings provided her the stepping stone to writing a debut novel, ‘The Marriage Bed’, published in 1995.

Saville has also contributed as an author of gardening columns to magazines and newspapers, including Saturday Review, Country Life, and Good Housekeeping.

Achievements

• Diana Saville’s gardening books are widely recognized by professional and amateur gardeners.

Works

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  • The Honeymakers

    (After being satisfied for a time caring for her husband's...)

    1996
  • Marriage Bed 1995
  • The Hawk Dancer 1997
  • Walled gardens: Their planting and design 1982
  • The Illustrated Garden Planter 1984
  • Gardens for Small Country Houses 1988
  • Walls and Screens 1993
  • Color 1993

Connections

Father:

Archibald Saville

Mother:

Ellaine Saville