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We Made a Garden
Contributor(s): Fish, Margery (Author), Pollan, Michael (Editor), Thomas, Graham Stuart (Foreword by)

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ISBN: 0375759476     ISBN-13: 9780375759475
Publisher: Modern Library
OUR PRICE: $12.75  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2002
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Annotation: First published in Britain in 1956 and never before available in America, We Made a Garden is the classic story of a unique and enduring English country garden. One of Britain's most esteemed gardening writers recounts how she and her husband set about creating an exemplary cottage garden from unpromising beginnings on the site of the former farmyard and rubbish heap that surround their newly purchased home in the countryside of Somerset, England. Each imbued with a strong set of horticultural opinions and passions, Mr. and Mrs. Fish negotiate the terrain of their garden, by turns separately and together, often with humorous collisions. From the secret to cultivating the smoothest lawn to the art of lifting and replanting tulip bulbs to the landscaping possibilities of evergreens, the diverse elements of successful gardening--and delightful writing--are bound together by Mr. and Mrs. Fish's aspiration to cultivate that most precious and slow-growing quality--the fundamental character of a good garden.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Gardening | Essays & Narratives
- Gardening | Techniques
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2001056271
Series: Gardening (Modern Library)
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.58" W x 8.52" L (0.47 lbs) 160 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Review of Books 08/15/2002 pg. 17
 
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