The Untamed Garden
A Revealing Look at Our Love Affair with Plants
Written by Sonia Day
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $24.95
Which suggestive plant caused a queen to faint when it was presented to her at court? What was the original French name for the Great Maiden's Blush rose that had the Victorians blushing? Why are figs and pomegranates thought to be the real forbidden fruit that led Adam and Eve into...
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Among Flowers
A Walk in the Himalaya
Written by Jamaica Kincaid
Format: Trade Paperback, 208 pages
On Sale: July 17, 2007
Price: $10.95
In this delightful hybrid of a bookpart memoir and part travel journalthe bestselling author takes us deep into the mountains of Nepal with a trio of botanist friends in search of native Himalayan plants that will grow in her Vermont garden. Alighting from a plane in the dramatic Annapurna Valley, the...
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No One Gardens Alone
A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence
Written by Emily Herring Wilson
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 15, 2005
Price: $16.00
No One Gardens Alone tells for the first time the story of Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-1985). Like classic biographies of Emily Dickinson and Edna St. Vincent Millay, this fascinating book reveals Lawrence in all her complexity and establishes her, at last, as one of the premier gardeners and gardening writers of the...
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No One Gardens Alone
A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence
Written by Emily Herring Wilson
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2004
Price: $14.95
No One Gardens Alone tells for the first time the story of Elizabeth Lawrence (1904-1985). Like classic biographies of Emily Dickinson and Edna St. Vincent Millay, this fascinating book reveals Lawrence in all her complexity and establishes her, at last, as one of the premier gardeners and gardening writers of the...
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Time and the Gardener
Writings on a Lifelong Passion
Written by Elizabeth Sheldon
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: February 2, 2004
Price: $16.00
From her vantage point as an octogenarian gardener, Elisabeth Sheldon knows that one of the most important elements in the making of both a great garden and a great gardener is the passage of time. Now, in
Time and the Gardener, Sheldon shares with readers the lessons, triumphs, tips, and favorite...
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