The roots of my obsession : thirty great gardeners reveal why they garden
Edition
1st ed.
Publication Information
Portland, Or. : Timber Press, 2012.
Physical Description
162 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary
Collects essays by thirty world-famous gardeners on why they garden, whether it be for aesthetic beauty, food production, or environmental sustainability, and includes contributions by Stephen Orr, Anne Raver, and Helen Dillon.
Contents
- Genetically engineered / Tony Avent
- The apprenticeship / Thomas Christopher
- Taste testing / Rosalind Creasy
- Spring fever / Wiliam Cullina
- My time machine / Rick Darke
- Chaos theory / Page Dickey
- There lies peace / Helen Dillon
- Island life / Ken Druse
- Pentimento / Sydney Eddison
- Turkish delights / Fergus Garrett
- Paradise regained / Nancy Goodwin
- Homegrown / Susan Heeger
- Reasonable doubt / Daniel J. Hinkley
- It all began with an oxygen mask-- / Thomas Hobbs
- A garden of happiness / Penelope Hobhouse
- A rocky start / Panayoti Kelandis
- Foreign relations / Roy Lancaster
- Family dynamics / Tovah Martin
- The dirty-minded gardener / Julie Moir Messervy
- The flower thief / Stephen Orr
- Value added / Anna Pavord
- The accompanist Anne Raver
- Saving graces / Margaret Roach
- Right this way / Marty Ross
- Sightings / Claire Sawyers
- The universal itch / Amy Stewart
- Fruit loops/ Roger B. Swain
- The web / Douglas W. Tallamy
- Urban gardener / Richard G. Turner, Jr.
- Simple pleasures / David Wheeler.