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Becoming a Gardener: What Reading and Digging Taught Me About Living

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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
ISBN
9780062963611

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062963619
ISBN-13
9780062963611
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10050031686

Product Key Features

Book Title
Becoming a Gardener : What Reading and Digging Taught Me about Living
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Landscape, Agriculture / General, Garden Design, Essays & Narratives
Publication Year
2022
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Gardening
Author
Catie Marron
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
51.9 Oz
Item Length
11.4 in
Item Width
8.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2021-014977
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Like so many others, especially during the awful times of the pandemic, [Marron] came to understand the peace and solace of working one's own plot of soil: "As Alfred Austin, the poet laureate of Britain from 1896 to 1913, once wrote, 'We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.' " -- Wall Street Journal, "Like so many others, especially during the awful times of the pandemic, [Marron] came to understand the peace and solace of working one's own plot of soil: "As Alfred Austin, the poet laureate of Britain from 1896 to 1913, once wrote, 'We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.' "
Dewey Decimal
635.0973
Synopsis
A beautifully designed, full-color personal account of what it means to become a gardener, filled with specially commissioned color photography, watercolors, and fine art. To make her new house in Connecticut truly feel like home, Catie Marron decided to create a garden. But while she was familiar with landscape design, she had never grown anything. A dedicated reader with a lifelong passion for literature, Marron turned to the library of gardening books she'd collected to glean advice from a variety of writers on gardening and horticultural topics both grand and small. Marron's quest to become a gardener, however, was about more than learning the basics about mulch or which plants work best in the shade. She sought something far more elusive: to identify the core qualities and characteristics that make a person a gardener and an understanding of what a garden could mean to her as it had to multitudes of other gardeners over the centuries. In Becoming a Gardener, Catie Marron chronicles her transformation into a gardener over the course of eighteen months, seeding the details of her experience with rich advice from writers as diverse as Eleanor Perényi and Karel Capek, Penelope Lively, and Jamaica Kincaid. As she digs deeper into her readings and works in the garden itself, Marron not only discovers the essence of gardening but in the words of Michael Pollan, "the endlessly engrossing ways that cultivating a garden attaches a body to the earth." A delightful blend of informed opinion, personal reflection, and practical advice, Becoming a Gardener explores topics as varied as the composition of dirt, the agricultural wisdom of avid kitchen gardeners George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the healing power of digging in the soil, and the beauty of finding solitude in nature. Throughout, Marron carefully plants special illustrated features, such as musings on the merits (and detriments) of the rose, essential tools, moonlight gardening, children's books which feature gardens, and her favorite gardens around the world. Also included is an annotated list of recommended writers, books, and films related to gardens and gardening, and a monthly to-do calendar. Featuring specially commissioned illustrations by the Danish team All the Way to Paris, and stunning photographs by acclaimed photographer William Abranowicz that capture the pastoral beauty of Marron's Connecticut garden, Becoming a Gardener is a very special and moving portrait of life and the enduring power of literature and nature that is sure to become an instant classic.
LC Classification Number
SB455.M3678 2021

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