Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden Paperback - 2002
by Diane Ackerman
Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary it offers. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, this is a hymn to nature and its pleasures.
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I plan my garden as I wish I could plan my life, with islands of surprise, color, and scent.
From the rear cover
In the mode of her bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugar water to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary her garden offers.
Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, Cultivating Delight is a hymn to nature and to the pleasure we take in it.
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- Title Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
- Author Diane Ackerman
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2002-10-01
- ISBN 9780060505363 / 0060505362
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.7 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 1.78 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Natural history, Gardens
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001016607
- Dewey Decimal Code 508
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- Booksense '76 Jan/Feb 2003, 01/01/2003, Page 1
- New York Times, 10/13/2002, Page 32
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