| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
162 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Genetically engineered / Tony Avent -- The apprenticeship / Thomas Christopher -- Taste testing / Rosalind Creasy -- Spring fever / Wiliam Cullina -- My time machine / Rick Darke -- Chaos theory / Page Dickey -- There lies peace / Helen Dillon -- Island life / Ken Druse -- Pentimento / Sydney Eddison -- Turkish delights / Fergus Garrett -- Paradise regained / Nancy Goodwin -- Homegrown / Susan Heeger -- Reasonable doubt / Daniel J. Hinkley -- It all began with an oxygen mask-- / Thomas Hobbs -- A garden of happiness / Penelope Hobhouse -- A rocky start / Panayoti Kelandis -- Foreign relations / Roy Lancaster -- Family dynamics / Tovah Martin -- The dirty-minded gardener / Julie Moir Messervy -- The flower thief / Stephen Orr -- Value added / Anna Pavord -- The accompanist Anne Raver -- Saving graces / Margaret Roach -- Right this way / Marty Ross -- Sightings / Claire Sawyers -- The universal itch / Amy Stewart -- Fruit loops/ Roger B. Swain -- The web / Douglas W. Tallamy -- Urban gardener / Richard G. Turner, Jr. -- Simple pleasures / David Wheeler. |
| Summary |
Collects essays by thirty world-famous gardeners on why they garden, whether it be for aesthetic beauty, food production, or environmental sustainability, and includes contributions by Stephen Orr, Anne Raver, and Helen Dillon. |
| Subject |
Gardening -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Cooper, Thomas C. (Thomas Curtin)
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| ISBN |
9781604692716 |
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1604692715 |
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