Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

Name: Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed
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ISBN: 9780374528775

ISBN-10: 0374528772

ISBN-13: 9780374528775

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Authors: James Fenton

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"An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject." --Alexander Urquhart, The Times Literary Supplement 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 toward the essential flower garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow." In this light hearted, instructive, original "game 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…

Book details

List price: $11.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 4/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.220
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