Thoughtful Gardening
Autor Robin Lane Foxen Limba Engleză Paperback – 26 feb 2013 – vârsta de la 13 ani
"Undoubtedly
the
best
gardening
book
for
the
past
30
years--provocative,
full
of
information,
witty
and
very
funny"
--Financial
Times
An
award-winning
historian
of
antiquity,
Robin
Lane
Fox
is
also
one
of
Britain's
foremost
gardening
experts,
and
inThoughtful
Gardeninghe
takes
readers
on
a
varied
and
highly
enjoyable
journey
through
each
season
of
the
gardening
year.
From
a
tender
eulogy
for
one
of
his
landscape
design
mentors
to
a
candid
consideration
of
global
warming's
effects
on
his
lupins
or
the
perfect
shrub
to
grow
in
shade
along
a
path,
Fox
brings
his
trademark
wit,
wisdom,
and
charm
to
bear
on
the
art
and
experience
of
gardening.
Essential
reading
for
anyone
planting
a
new
garden
or
taking
stock
of
one
after
several
years,
this
collection
offers
valuable
critiques
of
horticultural
trends
and
traditions,
and
essential
insights
into
gardening
practices
and
philosophies.
Taken
together
these
essays
form-season
by
season-a
rich
reflection
on
the
lessons,
challenges,
and
absurdities
of
life
with
a
green
thumb.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465061860
ISBN-10: 0465061869
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465061869
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 146 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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Notă biografică
Robin
Lane
Fox's
weekly
gardening
column
in
theFinancial
Timesbegan
in
1970
and
is
the
longest
running
in
print
today.
He
has
published
two
bestselling
books
on
the
subject,Better
GardeningandVariations
on
a
Garden.
He
began
his
career
in
the
great
Botanical
Garden
in
Munich
and
since
1979
has
been
Garden
Master
of
the
gardens
at
New
College,
Oxford,
where
he
is
also
Fellow
and
Tutor
in
Ancient
History.
He
is
the
prize-winning
author
of
many
books
on
classical
history,
includingAlexander
the
Great,The
Classical
World:
An
Epic
History
of
Greece
and
Rome,
and
most
recentlyTravelling
Heroes:
Greeks
and
their
Myths
in
the
Epic
Age
of
Homer.
He
lives
in
Oxford,
England.
Recenzii
As
the
venerated
gardening
columnist
for
Britain'sFinancial
Times,
acclaimed
author,
and
Garden
Master
at
Oxford
University,
the
acerbic,
intuitive,
and
erudite
Fox
trots
out
his
own
well-honed
appreciation
for
specific
cultivars,
shares
his
frustrations
with
stealthy
squirrels
and
belligerent
badgers,
and
dishes
on
horticultural
divas
from
Nancy
Lancaster
to
Christopher
Lloyd
in
a
seasonal
collection
of
expressive
essays
in
which
he
travels
the
world,
from
his
own
cozy
Cotswold
garden
to
Yves
Saint
Laurent's
opulent
Marrakech
retreat."—Booklist
"InThoughtful Gardeningwe have this thoughtful gardener's musings--wit and wisdom in equal measure--boiled down into its richest essence, as he squires us, passage by passage, through a gardener's year.... This is that rarest of species that makes us not merely keener gardeners, but wiser human beings. If your aim in life is to live it richly--in thought, in habit, in articulation--then grab the book, fluff the cushions and settle in for some necessary winter's reading. Higher praise, we can't imagine."—Chicago Tribune
"For Lane Fox, flower gardens are human creations informed by art, history, science, politics, and personality. He takes readers on a year-long tour that combines practical guidance, serious reflection, and humorous provocations.... Opinionated, witty, and erudite, this collection is an example of the best garden writing."—Publishers Weekly
"[Thoughtful Gardening] is a quintessential combo-pack of information, brilliant prose, and wonderful morsels of history, botany, and practical experience. It is also a mélange of exceptional humor....engaging travelogue, and memoir. What more could a gardener or reader want?"—Books & Culture
"InThoughtful Gardeningwe have this thoughtful gardener's musings--wit and wisdom in equal measure--boiled down into its richest essence, as he squires us, passage by passage, through a gardener's year.... This is that rarest of species that makes us not merely keener gardeners, but wiser human beings. If your aim in life is to live it richly--in thought, in habit, in articulation--then grab the book, fluff the cushions and settle in for some necessary winter's reading. Higher praise, we can't imagine."—Chicago Tribune
"For Lane Fox, flower gardens are human creations informed by art, history, science, politics, and personality. He takes readers on a year-long tour that combines practical guidance, serious reflection, and humorous provocations.... Opinionated, witty, and erudite, this collection is an example of the best garden writing."—Publishers Weekly
"This
immense
wealth
of
practical
information
and
insight
supports
the
maxim
that
sometimes
devoted
gardeners
love
reading
about
gardening
almost
more
than
the
actual
act
itself."
—Booklist,
Top
10
Craft
and
Gardening
Books:
2010"[Thoughtful Gardening] is a quintessential combo-pack of information, brilliant prose, and wonderful morsels of history, botany, and practical experience. It is also a mélange of exceptional humor....engaging travelogue, and memoir. What more could a gardener or reader want?"—Books & Culture
Descriere
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Thoughtful Gardening is based on Robin Lane Fox's own selection from his widely admired FT column, which he has rewritten and amplified with new chapters to take readers on a highly enjoyable journey through each season of the gardening year. It draws on his lifetime of practical gardening, including his years as Garden Master of New College, Oxford, and contains many memories of fellow gardeners, from Christopher Lloyd to Nancy Lancaster.
The book is essential reading for anyone setting out on a new garden or taking stock of one. It takes a critical look at fashions of the moment and is full of advice, ranging from problems with badgers to how to take root-cuttings or choose flowering trees, as well as examples of gardens at home and abroad which Robin Lane Fox has visited over many years. Thoughtful Gardening combines a principled view of the craft of gardening with dozens of new ideas for planting and visiting, and touching reminders of the power of literature and art to deepen what we see and realize in gardens of our own.