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First published in 1956, “We Made a Garden” is the story of how Margery Fish, the leading gardener of the 1960s, and her husband Walter transformed an acre of wilderness into a stunning cottage garden, still open to the public at East Lambrook Manor, Somerset, England. This is now one of the most important books on gardening ever written. A beautiful and timeless book on creating a garden.
Margery Fish turned to gardening when she was in her mid-forties...
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Si un libro es "como un jardín que se lleva en el bolsillo", éste hace realidad como ningún otro ese proverbio árabe, pues recrea la historia de uno fértil, armonioso y encantador, un verdadero vergel: narcisos, orquídeas, crisantemos, dalias y campanillas azules brotan de sus páginas, cultivadas con mano maestra por el inefable jardinero Herbert Pinnegar.
El protagonista de esta maravillosa novela fue un niño solitario que siempre mostró...
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"A classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughts is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from 'Annuals' and 'Artichokes' to 'Weeds' and 'Wildflowers.' An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perényi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informed opinion, historical insight,...
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