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Charlotte Mendelson

Charlotte Mendelson

Charlotte Mendelson's award-winning fiction has been shortlisted for the Women's Prize and longlisted for the Booker. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and has written regularly about gardening and food for The New Yorker. The paperback of Wife, her most recent novel, is out now. Author photo by Roo Lewis

An overabundance of fruit in the allotment leads to a failure of restraint

An overabundance of fruit in the allotment leads to a failure of restraint

‘Community gardens meant I was late to the library’

‘Community gardens meant I was late to the library’

‘To a lesser gardener, a trip to Cork could be a washout’

‘To a lesser gardener, a trip to Cork could be a washout’

‘I always thought roses were the absolute worst – until…’

‘I always thought roses were the absolute worst – until…’

‘I love plants, but didn’t want to spend the night in a garden centre’

‘I love plants, but didn’t want to spend the night in a garden centre’

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near me’

‘Have you seen my hair? Nothing pecky with claws flies near me’

Tomatoes are sexy, difficult plants. But I love them

Tomatoes are sexy, difficult plants. But I love them
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