A Year in Our Gardens: Letters by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy - Couverture rigide

Lacy, Allen

 
9780807826034: A Year in Our Gardens: Letters by Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy
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ISBN 10 : 0807826030 ISBN 13 : 9780807826034
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2001

Synopsis

The common ground of two renowned gardeners This engaging collection of letters follows the course of a year in the gardens of two passionate gardeners, Nancy Goodwin and Allen Lacy. They share a climate zone (7A), but their gardens differ enormously. Lacy gardens on a 100-by-155-foot plot of former farmland in southern New Jersey, on soil so sandy that he must water frequently if he is to garden at all. Goodwin gardens on rich clay loam at her historic piedmont North Carolina home - which comprises more than sixty acres of woodland, meadow, and established plantings - and she refuses to irrigate, because she believes in growing only those plants that are naturally adapted to the conditions of her land. Through their letters, Lacy and Goodwin provide a charming and revealing chronicle of their lives and the lives of their gardens. They exchange stories of their horticultural successes and failures; trade information about a great many plants; discuss their hopes, fears, and inspirations; and muse on the connections between gardening and music, family, and friendship.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nancy Goodwin founded, owned, and managed the well-known Montrose Nursery from 1984 until its closing in 1993. She has written for Fine Gardening, American Gardener, and other periodicals. Allen Lacy, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and formerly garden columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, now writes and publishes the gardening newsletter Homeground. His many books include The Garden in Autumn and The Inviting Garden.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807826030
ISBN 13 
9780807826034
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
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ISBN 10 :  080783761X ISBN 13 :  9780807837610
Editeur : The University of North Carolina..., 2012
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