Product Description: Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul celebrates all the magic of gardening-the feeling of satisfaction that comes from creating something from nothing; the physical and spiritual renewal the earth provides; and the special moments shared with friends and family only nature can bestow...read more

Product Description: Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul celebrates all the magic of gardening-the feeling of satisfaction that comes from creating something from nothing; the physical and spiritual renewal the earth provides; and the special moments shared with friends and family only nature can bestow...read more

This is the third book we have written together, though separately we have written others . . . But to say ‘written separately' makes no sense, for when two lives have been bent for so many years on one central enterprise―in this case, gardening―there really is no such thing as separately." With these words, the renowned garden designers Joe Eck and Wayne Winterrowd begin their entertaining, fascinating, and unexpectedly moving book about the life and garden they share. The book contains much sound information about the cultivation of plants and their value in the landscape, and invaluable advice about Eck and Winterrowd's area of expertise: garden design. There are chapters about the various parts of their garden, and sections about particular plants―roses and lilacs, snowdrops and cyclamen―and vegetables. The authors also discuss the development of their garden over time, and the dark issue that weighs more and more on their minds: its eventual decline and demise. Our Life in Gardens is a deeply satisfying perspective on gardening, and on life.

Product Description: Beverley Nichols (1898–1983) was a prolific author, playwright, composer, and media personality. Though much of his work has been forgotten, his garden writing has stood the test of time. His amusing anecdotes, poetic contemplations, and penetrating observations speak to all gardeners—from houseplant killers to nursery professionals—and capture the joy, heartache, and hilarity of gardening...read more

Product Description: Susannah Seton reminds us in this book that reader and gardener alike have much to learn from their gardens. The poignant and touching stories take the reader on a journey through garden beds, along the way reinforcing how to care for themselves and their loved ones by caring for the Earth...read more

Explains how to use horticulture as both a metaphor and a useful tool for putting oneself in touch with the processes of the natural world and for assessing and enhancing creativity in every aspect of one's life.

A new installment in the popular series provides down-to-earth inspiration for gardeners, in a collection of thematic scriptural excerpts, uplifting stories, and heart-warming quotes that are bound in an edition suitable for gift giving.

Product Description: In 2003, Minister Donna Schaper wrote an op-ed for The New York Times detailing her rejection from the Coral Gables Garden Club. It seems that the ladies of the club thought she'd bring inappropriate people into the club (meaning gays and blacks)...read more

Product Description: Imagine sitting down with a group of friends who are also expert gardeners. That’s the effect of this useful, accessible book, which features professionals sharing their knowledge of a wide range of topics including design and maintenance, tips on flowers, foliage, and garden produce, how to establish habitat gardens or low-water/low-maintenance ones, and controlling weeds and other pests...read more

Product Description: The beauty of a flower, and the beauty of a family. A garden and a child-the similarities between the two can be striking. Both require time and patience. Both call for a very special person to look after their needs and to consider their futures...read more

Product Description: Garden Lunacy: A Growing Concern is a dead-on, laugh-out-loud look at the world of gardening, especially the world between each gardener's ears. The author pokes fun at the way they think, their odd habits, skewed view of the universe, and their inevitable confrontations with what the author calls, the "other human sub-species," namely, non-gardeners...read more

The critically acclaimed author offers a passionate literary celebration of the art of gardening, discussing her favorite plants, her horticultural sources of inspiration, famous gardens around the world, and more. Reprint. (view table of contents)

For beginning gardeners to veteran green-thumbs, an uplifting and inspiring collection of stories is filled with what every gardener knows--gardens bring richness to people's lives because they are a living reminder of all the beauty the world has to offer. Simultaneous. 500,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: An imaginative assemblage of gardening literature and history for the avid gardener and literary reader alikeThe Echoing Green is a lively examination of all things that make a garden a divine and interesting place. It is a tapestry rich with sumptuous imagery, unusual information, and exacting prose about gardening history, lore, rituals, and the personal experiences and reflections of author Jennifer Heath, herself a passionate gardener for more than thirty years...read more

Product Description: Memories, anecdotes, and family history from one of the South's leading plant men. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

In a literary anthology of essays, contributors including Maxine Kumin, Ian Frazier, D. H. Lawrence, Colette, Marina Warner, Hilton Als, Ken Druse, Jamaica Kincaid, and Katherine S. White share their thoughts on their favorite plants. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Essays about May's own garden, other gardens he has visited, and people he has met through gardening. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: While everyone loves eating fresh garden produce, not everyone has the time and energy to create a productive garden. But what if growing delicious crops required hardly any effort? What if you could have succulent strawberries, perfect peas, and terrific tomatoes without needing to touch a spade, hoe, or plow—without needing to worry about irrigating, spraying, sowing a cover crop, weeding, cultivating, or building a compost pile? If that sounds good, the Stout System is the answer for you! Ruth Stout has shown tens of thousands of gardeners how to greatly reduce their gardening workload...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Featuring five new chapters and a new Introduction, this new edition takes readers to gardens everywhere, including the grounds of Blithewold, the turn-of-the-century Rhode Island seaside mansion, with chief horticulturist Julie Morris. 24 illustrations. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)