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Author: Carol Williams
ISBN-10: 0553375083
ISBN-13: 9780553375084
Publisher: Bantam (2002)
Paperback: 288 pages

With its engaging mixture of step-by-step instruction, essay, story, and poetry, Bringing a Garden to Life addresses both the compelling mysteries and the down-to-earth practicalities of everyday gardening:

discovering a place and envisioning your garden

the alchemy of making fertile soil

the wonders and challenges of starting with seeds

weeding--or not

the flowering year

fresh greens for dinner

gardening with and around trees

tools--hoes, books, and philosophy

and much more

From mapping a garden and planting a lettuce seed, to feeding old perennial borders and pruning fruit trees, this book tells not just how but why, and vividly evokes the interest and pleasure of doing the job. Gardening beginners will be encouraged to take their first steps, while expert gardeners will find new sources of joy in their gardens. The author shares the practical wisdom of her own rich gardening experience and invokes the golden tradition of poets and philosophers throughout history who have turned to their gardens to read the book of nature.

With special sections on annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetable and herb gardening, pruning, composting, transplanting, and much more, Bringing a Garden to Life is an illuminating vision, not just of growing things, but of being in the world; not just of planting, but of being renewed.