Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

Name: Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed
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ISBN: 9780374160296

ISBN-10: 0374160295

ISBN-13: 9780374160296

Edition: 2002

Authors: James Fenton

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A refreshingly simple and free-spirited approach to making a garden for pure pleasure Forget "bones" Forget "structure." Forget trees, shrubs, and perennials. As James Fenton writes, "This is not a book about huge projects. It is about thinking your way towards the essential flower-garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow." In this light-hearted, instructive, original "games of lists," Fenton selects one hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. Flowers for color, size, and exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines, tropical species-- Fenton describes one hundred readily available varieties, and tells how to acquire…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/23/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 136
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

James Fenton has been a foreign correspondent & a theater critic & has written about the history of gardens. His most recent book of poems, "Out of Danger", was published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 1994.



Introduction


Flowers and Their Colors


Flowers for Their Size


Flowers That Hop Around


Flowers for Cutting


The Perennial Prejudice


Useful and Decorative Herbs


The Micro-Meadow


The Poppy Festival


Climbers on Impulse


For the Tropical Look


As an Afterthought


The Rest of the Kit


When Raising Plants from Seed


The Seed List