Mirabel Osler

Background

Mirabel was born Mirabel East East Birnstingl in 1925 in London. She was the daughter of Harry Joseph Birnstingl and Phyllis Taylor Reid.

Career

Her book A Gentle Plea for Chaos, based on her experiences in her garden in Shropshire, was said to send "a blast of fresh air through the stuffy rooms of the English gardening world when it was first published."

Her stepfather was the author and journalist Aylmer Vallance. Michael died on 26 April 1989. She writes regularly for the garden magazine Hortus.

Achievements

Mirabel won the Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award in 1988. Mirabel won the Journalist of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild in 2003.

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Born

1925
Died

April 26, 1989 (aged 64)

Awards

Mirabel won the Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award in 1988. Mirabel won the Journalist of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild in 2003

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Mirabel Osler

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Awards

Mirabel won the Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award in 1988. Mirabel won the Journalist of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild in 2003