Mirabel Osler

Mirabel Osler is an English writer and garden designer. Her book A Gentle Plea for Chaos is based on her experiences in her garden in Shropshire.

Biography

Mirabel was born Mirabel E E Birnstingl in 1925 in London. She was the daughter of Charles Avigdor Birnstingl and Phyllis Taylor Reid. Her stepfather was the author and journalist Aylmer Vallance. She married Michael Julian Osler on 5th April 1951 and they lived in Thailand and Corfu before returning to live in Shropshire. Michael died on 26th April 1989. They had two daughters.

She writes regularly for the garden magazine Hortus and won the Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award in 1988.

Bibliography

• Osler, M.; A Gentle Plea for Chaos: the Enchantment of Gardening 1989, New York City: Simon and Schuster ISBN 1-55970-439-X
• Osler, M.; The Garden Bench 1991, New York City: Simon and Schuster ISBN 0671744038
• Osler, M.; In the Eye of the Garden 1993, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson ISBN 978 0 4608 6141 0
• Osler, M.; The Garden Wall 1993, New York City: Simon and Schuster
• Osler, M.; A spoon with every course: in search of the legendary food of France 1996, London: Pavilion ISBN 978 1 8579 3766 4
• Osler, M.; A Breath From Elswhere: Musings on Gardens 1998, London: Bloomsbury ISBN 978 0 7475 3518 8
• Osler, M.; The Elusive Truffle: Travels in Search of the Legendary Food of France 2000, London: Black Swan ISBN 978 0 5529 9852 9
• Osler, M.; The Rain Tree: A Memoir 2011, London: Bloomsbury ISBN 978 1 4088 1548 9

External links

A Twice-Told Tale