Garden Voices: Two Centuries of Canadian Garden Writing - Softcover

Von Baeyer, Edwinna

 
9780679308607: Garden Voices: Two Centuries of Canadian Garden Writing
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0679308601 ISBN 13: 9780679308607
Verlag: Vintage Canada, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

Garden Voices is the first anthology of Canadian garden writing to celebrate the legions of gardeners, from every decade since the 1790s, and from every province and territory. Listen to L.M. Montgomery as she describes the Prince Edward Island garden where she played as a girl and to Mackenzie King as he designs a balustrade for his Kingsmere retreat in 1931. A delightful read and the perfect gift for the armchair or active gardener, Garden Voices will instill in any garden enthusiast the perennially hardy spirit of Canadian gardening.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Edwinna von Baeyer is an established writer and editor whose books include the bestselling The Reluctant Gardener and The No-Garden Garden, both co-authored with Dinah Shields.

Pleasance Crawford is a Toronto-based landscape historian with a background in art and landscape architecture.

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"Garden Voices is 'chicken soup' for Canadian gardeners with any appreciation of our nation's past." -Mark Cullen, author of The All Seasons Gardener

"Peek into the past, through the flower bed and orchards of colonial gardeners who had the courage to plan dreams and plant miracles. Their letters, diaries and news columns reveal an awesome inspiration and are the rich resource for this earthy compendium." -Victoria Times-Colonist

"An excellent collection-- a remarkable survey of Canadian garden history." -The Globe and Mail


Aus dem Klappentext

Garden Voices is the first anthology of Canadian garden writing to celebrate the legions of gardeners, from every decade since the 1790s, and from every province and territory. Listen to L.M. Montgomery as she describes the Prince Edward Island garden where she played as a girl and to Mackenzie King as he designs a balustrade for his Kingsmere retreat in 1931. A delightful read and the perfect gift for the armchair or active gardener, Garden Voices will instill in any garden enthusiast the perennially hardy spirit of Canadian gardening.

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Verlag
Vintage Canada
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0679308601
ISBN 13 
9780679308607
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