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Literary Gardening
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Nonfiction personal reflections on gardening.
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Ackerman, Diane Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden Ackerman's diverse background as a naturalist, poet, and gardener provides a unique perspective on gardening and what it can do for a person's soul. Publishers Weekly describes the book as "a generous and jauntily haphazard excursion through the four seasons of her Ithaca, NY backyard landscape and the innumerable interests of her fertile mind." 2001 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Alexander, William The $64 Tomato This entertaining story of one man's quest for the perfect vegetable garden applies a good dose of humor to his ongoing battles with pests, beasts, weeds, and family opinion. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Browning, Dominique Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement Depressed when her 15-year marriage ends in divorce, the author acquires solace and sense of self when tending her neglected house and garden. Personal stories and reflections on the simple joys of domestic life illustrate the healing of both heart and home. 2002 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Eck, Joe Our Life in Gardens Two renowned garden designers share the history of their Vermont garden, writing about the plants they have lived with, nurtured and nourished. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Engle, Debra Landwehr Grace from the Garden: Changing the World One Garden at a Time Ordinary citizens demonstrate the power of gardens and gardeners to effect change and growth in their communities through inspiration, teaching, uniting, and healing. 2003 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Euser, Barbara J., ed. Gardening Among Friends: 65 Practical Essays By Master Gardeners Master gardeners share insider knowledge in this useful collection of conversational essays. Topics include design and maintenance, flowers, garden produce, habitat gardens, weeds and pests. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Gussow, Joan Dye Growing Older: A Chronicle of Death, Life, and Vegetables After the death of her husband, Gussow embraces life through the hard labor of growing her own food. With humor and wit she shares her insight on gardening, the envirnoment, aging, and grieving. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Hansen, Eric Orchid Fever: A Horticultural Tale of Love Lust and Lunacy The author explores the far corners of the earth to marvel at flowers of uncommon beauty, study the history of the orchid trade, and grapple with the vicious, bizarre, and petty world of plant politics. 2000 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Hayward, Gordon The Intimate Garden: Twenty Years and Four Seasons in Our Garden A multi-year overhaul of a plot filled with junk and brambles into a spectacular garden affords ample lessons for creating unique and personal outdoor spaces. Numerous color photographs supplement the descriptions to provide an intriguing view of this fantastic project. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Holmes, Hannah Suburban Safari: a Year On the Lawn Science and travel writer, Holmes, investigates her own suburban backyard and discovers a community of wildlife working to survive in the world of urban sprawl. Science and humor provide an effective base for this interesting presentation of environmental concerns. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Howard, Manny My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned his Big-city Backyard into a Farm: A Cautionary Tale An entertaining and unsentimental memoir describing the chaos of various horticultural and animal husbandry projects involved in the author's attempts to live off the food he grows in his backyard in Brooklyn. Readers will be captivated as Howard 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Kincaid, Jamaica My Garden (Book) A native of Antigua now living in Vermont, Kincaid blends memory with history to express personal insights on gardening. Worries, hopes, disappointments, and joys are intertwined throughout writings on topics such as seed catalogs, plant hunting in China, gardens in winter, and Monet's garden. 1999 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Kingsolver, Barbara Animal Vegetable Miracle: A Year of Food Life Kingsolver chronicles the year when her family made a commitment to live a rural life—vowing that they’d only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves on their family farm, or learn to live without it. 2007 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Musgrave, Toby Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening: and the Vices and Virtues of Gardeners The vices, virtues, and quirks of the eccentrics who shaped the grand gardens of Britain’s National Trust are the subject of this amusing history of British gardening over the centuries. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Nichols, Beverley Down the Garden Path Originally published in 1932, this classic narrative has become one of the world's best-loved and most-quoted gardening books. A timeless account of a gardener’s education with deep undercurrents of emotion and obsession make this a pleasurable read. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Nichols, Beverley Green Grows the City: The Story of a London Garden In this 1939 book, Nichols writes with wit and charm about making a new garden in a London suburb in the years just before World War II. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Pollan, Michael The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye View of the World Pollan focuses on the histories of apples, tulips, potatoes, and marijuana in order to illustrate the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Engaging personal anecdotes and accessible science combine to demonstrate how these plant species and humans have domesticated each other. 2001 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Price, Susan Davis Growing Home: Stories of Ethnic Gardening Several ethnically diverse gardeners tell how they imported the plants, techniques, and traditions of their native or ancestral lands to their Minnesota gardens. The breadth is remarkable and includes gardeners of all ages, in all parts of the state, and from countries as varied as Korea, Finland, the Bahamas, Nigeria, Mexico, Laos, and Russia. An inspiration to all gardeners and garden lovers. 2000 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Price, Susan Davis Minnesota Gardens: An Illustrated History Focusing on "pleasure-grounds' rather than food crops, this comprehensive history traces gardening in Minnesota from 1840 to the present. The well-researched text, historical documents, and photographs illustrate Minnesota gardeners' passions for creating beautiful landscapes. 1995 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Scott, Whitney, ed. A Walk Through My Garden A garden-themed collection of poetry, essays and short fiction penned by a variety of authors. 2007 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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