| A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed Contributor(s): Fenton, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374528772 ISBN-13: 9780374528775 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: "An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject." --Alexander Urquhart, T"he Times Literary Supplement" Forget structure. Forget trees, shrubs, and perennials. As James Fenton writes, "This is not a book about huge projects. It is about thinking your way toward the essential flower garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow." In this light hearted, instructive, original "game of lists," Fenton selects one hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. Flowers for color, size, and exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines, tropical species--Fenton describes readily available varieties, and tells how to acquire and grow them. Here is a happy, stylish, unpretentious, and thought-provoking gardening book that will beguile and inspire both novice and expert alike. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Flowers - General - Gardening | Techniques |
| Dewey: 635.9 |
| LCCN: 2001054452 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.12" W x 7.54" (0.24 lbs) 125 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject. --Alexander Urquhart, The Times Literary Supplement Forget structure. Forget trees, shrubs, and perennials. As James Fenton writes, This is not a book about huge projects. It is about thinking your way toward the essential flower garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow. In this light hearted, instructive, original game of lists, Fenton selects one hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. Flowers for color, size, and exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines, tropical species--Fenton describes readily available varieties, and tells how to acquire and grow them. Here is a happy, stylish, unpretentious, and thought-provoking gardening book that will beguile and inspire both novice and expert alike. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fenton, James: - James Fenton is a poet and critic. From 1994 to 1999 he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford. He writes about poetry, art history, and gardening for the New York Review of Books. |