Cultivating Delight

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Diane Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugarwater to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary it offers. Her garden nourishes its creator who imaginatively returns the favour, and seizes privileged moments to leap from science and metaphor to meditation on the human condition. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, CULTIVATING DELIGHT is a hymn to nature and the pleasure we take in it. Poet, essayist and naturalist, Diane Ackerman has contributed to many magazines including The National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine.

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"Diane Ackerman takes us down the garden path with a renewed sense of awe ...[and] enlightened eyes." -- Los Angeles Times

"Ackerman's rich prose is a bridge to a world of discovery." -- Nature

"An enchanting intellectual sensualist ... Ackerman buzzes productively from idea to revelation to insight ... [with] breezy philosophical lyricism." -- Publishers Weekly (* Starred Review *)

"Lyrical, knowledgeable and imaginative." -- Booklist

"A fascinating tour of plant mythology and fact ...[Ackerman] plays both sleuth and poet." -- People

Author Bio

Poet, essayist and naturalist, Diane Ackerman has contributed to many magazines including The National Geographic, and the New York Times Magazine.