Prize-winning crossword

Use the following answers to complete a quotation from 20th century gardening writer Elizabeth Lawrence: ‘26 across 11 across of 28 down 5 down 30 across of 26 across 19 across.’

ACROSS

8 Grassy plain of tropical regions (8) 9 County of the Irish Republic (5) 10 Farrier (10) 11 Sing with closed lips (3) 13 Means of access (5) 15 and 19 Where to grow your spuds and cabbages? (9,6) 20 Cold season (6) 21 ___ Day, Christian festival on November 1 (3,6) 23 Cavalry sword (5) 26 and 30 across TV series searching for singers, judged by Sir Tom Jones and others (3,5) 27 Leading churchman (10) 30 See 26 across 31 Tradesman who supplies packets for sowing (8)

DOWN

1 Abnormal growth on a plant (4) 2 United or City? (10) 3 Proverbially industrious insects (4) 4 Rush of excitement (6) 5 and 6 Tender ___, F. Sco Fitzgerald novel, filmed in 1961 (2,3,5) 7 Spacious (5) 12 Requiring immediate a ention (6) 14 Extreme self-love associated with the daffodil family? (10) 16 Hebrew prophet, and Lord of

the Rings star Mr Wood (6) 17 Distinctive atmosphere or quality (4) 18 Omele e ingredient (4) 22 Gleditsia triacanthos, known as the honey ___ (6) 23 Greenhouse heater, perhaps (5) 24 Start (5) 25 Overhanging edges of a roof (5) 28 Honey producers (4) 29 Shaped like one of 18 down (4)