For all its attractions as a quirky and entertaining episode in the history of horticulture, the French Gardening Craze was about much more than vegetables. It represented a collision between the worlds of tabloid journalism, politics and professional horticulture and as such shines a light on several aspects of Edwardian society.
Media historians, garden historians and agricultural historians, as well as those studying British politics in the decade before 1914 should all find material to interest them.