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An enchanting guide for turning the art of gardening into
opportunities for reflection and meditation. Contemplative
Gardening makes the connection between tending to the earth and
tending to our own souls, between caring for the planet and caring
for one another. Pamela Dolan explores the myriad relationships
between all living things that come to light when we dig in the
soil. Whether you're an experienced gardener or one just beginning,
you will be fed by this intersection of food and faith.
What do you do when you find yourself living as a stranger? When
Beth Lynch moved to Switzerland, she quickly realised that the
sheer will to connect with people would not guarantee a happy
relocation. Out of place and lonely, Beth knows that she needs to
get her hands dirty if she is to put down roots. And so she sets
about making herself at home in the way she knows best - by tending
a garden, growing things. The search for a garden takes her across
the country, through meadows and on mountain paths where familiar
garden plants run wild, to the rugged hills of the Swiss Jura. In
this remote and unfamiliar place of glow worms and dormice and
singing toads she learns to garden in a new way, taking her cue
from the natural world. As she plants her paradise with hellebores
and aquilegias, cornflowers and Japanese anemones, these cherished
species forge green and deepening connections: to her new soil, to
her old life in England, and to her deceased parents, whose Sussex
garden continues to flourish in her heart. WHERE THE HORNBEAM GROWS
is a memoir about carrying a garden inwardly through loss,
dislocation and relocation, about finding a sense of wellbeing in a
green place of your own, and about the limits of paradise in a
peopled world. It is a powerful exploration by a dazzling new
literary voice of how, in nurturing a corner of the natural world,
we ourselves are nurtured.
Discover the joys of gardening using traditional plants and
planting methods that have withstood the test of time. Create and
maintain a garden filled with hues and scents of old-fashioned
plants. This book includes everything from natural horticultural
methods of propagation, soil fertilization, care and cultivation,
to period garden design and layout. This is an absorbing reference
for all those wishing to garden the traditional way.
In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of 'curious' gardeners
were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were
stealing into Europe from East and West. John Tradescant and his
son were at the vanguard of this change - as gardeners, as
collectors and above all as exemplars of an age that began in
wonder and ended with the dawning of science. Jennifer Potter's
book vividly evokes the drama of their lives and takes its readers
to the edge of an expanding universe. Strange Blooms is a
magnificent pleasure for gardeners and non-gardeners alike. This
'wonderful book' (Jane Stevenson, Daily Telegraph) describes the
remarkable lives and times of the John Tradescants.
Learn all the secrets for creating fertile, productive soil
anywhere. With more than 300 detailed illustrations and at-a-glance
charts, Secrets to Great Soil solves all your soil problems and
gives you techniques for year-round soil building.
InSecrets to Great Soil you'll find:
* The basics of soil pH and nutrients
* Quick methods for making compost
* Instructions for using organic mulches, soil amendments, and
fertilizers
* Ways to customize your soil for a variety of vegetables,
flowers, fruits, trees, shrubs, and lawns
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