A Way to Garden: A Hands-On Primer for Every Season
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"A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it's a guide to living both in and out of the garden." --The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0517707330
ISBN13:9780517707333
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Clarkson Potter Publishers
Length:176 Pages
Weight:1.79 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.8" x 10.3"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
Comfort through the Winter
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
I don't know how I missed this book till now. I went looking for it when I read that Margaret Roach views life and gardening the way M.F.K. Fisher viewed life and food. It's true. This book is lovely and practical, sweet and direct. As we head into winter, I'm keeping it close to remind me of what will come again, in time.
Beautiful in every way
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This book was like a box of the most exquisite chocolates. I wanted to devour it in one sitting but I paced myself, just reading a little at a time. It was truly a joy to read and look at the lovely pictures. All I can say is I want more, both of her writing and philosophy and of pictures of her garden. I agree that this book doesn't really tell you how to garden but it shows you why to garden.
a joy to read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book won't teach you HOW to garden--not really, anyway--but it's a must-have if you've ever enjoyed any of the Martha Stewart Living articles about Roach's gardens, or, lately, her own editorial letters. She has a way of making me feel that if she did it, I can do it myself. Her humility in the face of her garden and of nature itself is evidenced in the title "A Way to Garden"--she doesn't presume to know THE way. The book is wonderfully written and beautifully photographed--I'll never tire of leafing through it.
A perfect guide to the spiritual lives of gardens.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This is a beautifully written and exquisitely photographed guide to both the spiritual as well as physical lives of gardens and their gardeners. I can think of no book like it -- either in its fine writing or in its brave scope. The writer lays bare her thoughts and feelings about the cycles of life while strategically leading us through the gardening year with good, solid gardening knowledge. This can be read in all seasons in all zones, at every stage of life. Truly, this is the way to garden.
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