In a time when women were expected to be only housewives and mothers, Venetia Smith has made a career of designing gardens for the rich and famous; no small feat for a woman in 1907. And the gardens at Highbury Estate promise to be her crowning glory. In 1944, England is at war, and Land Girls from all over descend on Highbury to help, to forget and to survive. In the present, Emma Lovett has come to Highbury to restore the gardens created by her idol, Venetia Jones, and in doing so uncovers the secrets and stories of all the other women who have called Highbury home. This is a gorgeous and sumptuous novel and just what I needed at a very dark time in my life