"A Joy of Gardening" Book 1958 Sackville-West, V.

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SACKVILLE-WEST, V.

[213] pp.

Harper & Brothers

Book Club Edition

1958

8 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Jacket design by Woods

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[213] pp.

Harper & Brothers

Book Club Edition

1958

8 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Jacket design by Woods

A TRUE gardener is many-sided. He is an idealist, an optimist, a dreamer and a down-to-dirt practical person who works with earth's basic resource. He distrusts undue sentimentality but knows that sentiment is an integral part of gardening. He has complete confidence that he can raise better flowers and earlier peas than his neighbor. “A Joy of Gardening" will appeal to dirt gardeners because of its practical, sensible suggestions. It will appeal also to the many who, for one reason or another, cannot garden in soil but grow gardens in their hearts. The material in its pages is drawn from two of the author's books published in England: "In Your Garden Again" and "More for Your Garden." Miss Sackville-West, poet and gardener, is married to the diplomat and author Sir Harold Nicolson. Your true gardener is a rugged individualist. As the author takes us through the four seasons with plans and suggestions for each, she expresses what all of us feel. "You cannot expect your soil and your plants to go on giving you of their best unless you are pre- pared to give something back in return. The size of the garden has nothing to do with it, so long as the love and the knowledge are there." "A Joy of Gardening" is inspiring reading, but it is also practical and specific. It is the combination that makes this an outstanding book in a crowded field. In an era of monotonous conformity it is pleasant to read: "Why not grow anything anywhere so long as it looks right where it is?" THIS reviewer-gardener who gardens over an acre, says "Amen" to the following: "After many long docile years of following all the advice by professional gardeners and by authoritative authors of gardening books, I have turned insubordinate. I have discovered it pays to go against the rules and to get a surprising reward." You will learn much from "A Joy of Gardening." There is helpful material on mulching, soils and water. There is good advice about paths, small gardens, bank treatment, unusual shrubs and flowers. It is a book for all who work with the soil or who dream of gardens. "The more one gardens," the author writes, "the more one learns, the more he realizes how little he knows." That is the joy and the challenge of gardening and of living. Mr. Pearson is the author of "Country Flavor.” See less