by John Boughton. Behind the Privet Hedge, a biography of Richard Sudell by Michael Gilson. Richard Sudell, a Quaker Socialist, was the gardening expert behind Ada Salter’s Beautification programme in Bermondsey but he also promoted many other gardening schemes in slums and suburbs all over the country. Quaker Michael Gilson’s new book argues that Sudell … Continue reading Behind the Privet Hedge