Place All Our Own Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden

Name: Place All Our Own Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden
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ISBN: 9780816512829

ISBN-10: 0816512825

ISBN-13: 9780816512829

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Mary Irish

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For twenty years Mary Irish, along with her husband Gary, tended a garden in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the years they transformed it into a lively and lovely spot that reflected both its place in the world—hot, dry, and often hostile to gardeners who don’t understand its ways—and the particular passions of its two creators. Of course, not everything went as planned, and the garden talked back as much as it obeyed. But for these two gardeners, the unexpected outcome is one of gardening’s great pleasures. Mary Irish is a delightful writer. With grace, wit, and obvious affection, she tells the story of how she and Gary transformed a barren half-acre plot around their house in the center of…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 10/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Mary Irish is one of the leading voices for horticulture in Arizona. Her previous two books on native plants of the Southwest have positioned Mary as a qualified expert on plants that thrive in the unique conditions of the desert Southwest. She is past director of the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix and is a frequent lecturer across the Southwest. Mary is also a highly regarded horticultural photographer.



Introduction


The Beginning


Weather


The Back


Birds


The Front


Animals


The Outback


Bugs


The Patios


People


In the End


Index of Plants