Gardens : quotations on the perennial pleasures of soil, seed, and sun / compiled by Holly Hughes ; illustrated by Mary Woodin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Holly, compiler.

Woodin, Mary, illustrator.

Stein, Melissa, editor.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Gardens.

Gardening--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Gardening.

Genre:

Quotations.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

[2], 156, [2] pages : color illustrations ; 17 cm

Distribution:

London : Running Press,

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 1994.

Contents:

Introduction

An Enchanted Spot

Behold, the Gardener

from The Secret Garden / by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Working the Soil

The Senses Alive

from Let's Make A Flower Garden / by Hanna Rion

A Day in the Garden

How Does Your Garden Grow?

The Flower Bed

The Kitchen Garden

from My Summer in a Garden / by Charles Dudley Warner

The Orchard

Trees, Grass, and Greenery

Vases, Pots, and Greenhouses

from An Island Garden / by Celia Thaxter

The Birds and the Bees

The Challenge of the Garden

Garden Design

In All Kinds of Weather

Naming the Plants

from Content in a Garden / by Candace Wheeler

A Bouquet of Beauties

All Year 'Round

The Art of Nature

Why We Garden.

Notes:

"Cover and interior design by Paul Kepple. Cover and interior illustration by Mary Woodin. Edited by Melissa Stein. Typography: ITC Berkeley with Carpenter and Schneidler Initials by Deborah Lugar."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies 1 & 2 have dustjackets retained.

Running Press copies 1 & 2 are "1" printing.

ISBN:

1561384577

9781561384570

OCLC:

31631982