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American Garden Writing (PAJ Books)
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256 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 1989
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November 28, 2022
[Revised, shelves and pictures added 11/28/22]
I enjoyed this book and I gave another copy as a gift to a good friend who is a master gardener. The master gardener wrote back a thank you note that is as good a review as I could write:
"As I am perusing each page something frequently causes me to stop and reminisce about a garden, a plant or a special person. On occasion I just stop, catch my breath, check my pulse and just close my eyes as they begin to tear up. Gardening and history are my favorite pastimes and this book really excited this old curmudgeon."
The blub gives you a good idea of what it is about: "American Garden Writing features the letters, travel journals, essays, natural histories, and seed catalogs of over 50 authors, including Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Olmsted (who designed Central Park), Henry David Thoreau, and Edith Wharton. With topics ranging from the decorative gardens of yesteryear to the ecological concerns of today, these pieces evoke the pastoral and social environments of their time."
If you are ever in Zanesville Ohio, check out Mission Oaks gardens, above.
Top photo of Jefferson's vegetable garden at Monticello from npr.org
Photo of Mission Oaks gardens from ohio.org
I enjoyed this book and I gave another copy as a gift to a good friend who is a master gardener. The master gardener wrote back a thank you note that is as good a review as I could write:
"As I am perusing each page something frequently causes me to stop and reminisce about a garden, a plant or a special person. On occasion I just stop, catch my breath, check my pulse and just close my eyes as they begin to tear up. Gardening and history are my favorite pastimes and this book really excited this old curmudgeon."
The blub gives you a good idea of what it is about: "American Garden Writing features the letters, travel journals, essays, natural histories, and seed catalogs of over 50 authors, including Thomas Jefferson, Frederick Olmsted (who designed Central Park), Henry David Thoreau, and Edith Wharton. With topics ranging from the decorative gardens of yesteryear to the ecological concerns of today, these pieces evoke the pastoral and social environments of their time."
If you are ever in Zanesville Ohio, check out Mission Oaks gardens, above.
Top photo of Jefferson's vegetable garden at Monticello from npr.org
Photo of Mission Oaks gardens from ohio.org
April 7, 2008
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