The Little Green Book of Gardening Wisdom

(Hardback)

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Surprising as it may seem, the first place an experienced gardener looks for advice and ideas is not the localgardening store or even the nearby botanical garden, but a good library. Gardeners have been sharing theirwisdom for thousands of years, and their books and treatises still provide a rich resource for growers andlandscapers today. Here in this volume is a bouquet of quotations that will strike a responsive chord withanyone who has ever worked the soil or just admired nature's handiwork.

Author Bio

Barbara Burn is an art book editor and writer with a special interest in gardening and gardening literature. She is the author of North American Wildflowers in the National Audubon Society Collection Nature Series, as well as The Horseless Rider and A Practical Guide to Impractical Pets. She serves on the board of the Bartow-Pell Conservancy and is a member of the Garden Club of City Island. She lives on City Island in The Bronx, New York.