Essays 2

Meine Freundinnen sammeln sie alle: die Gartenkolumnen von Paula Almqvist aus Brigitte Woman. Und sie wünschen sich, dass endlich ein Buch daraus wird. Paula Almqvist, sagen sie, scheint zu erraten,……続きを見る

"Grün liegt im Trend, grün ist "bio", grün ist vor allem: lebenswichtig.Architekten, Köche, Gärtner, Möbeldesigner, Dachdecker, Städteplaner, Forscher, Agrarökonomen und Guerilla-Gärtner - sie alle ……続きを見る

Elsemarie Maletzke hat sich nicht nur einen Namen mit ihren großen Biographien über die Brontës, Jane Austen und Elizabeth Bowen gemacht. Sie hat auch Geschichten über ihre Reisen quer durch europäi……続きを見る

The Brown Goose, the White Case Knife, Ora’s Speckled Bean, Radiator Charlie’s Mortgage Lifterーthese are just a few of the heirloom fruits and vegetables you’ll encounter in Bill Best’s remarkable ……続きを見る

Named one of “the year’s best gardening books” by The Spectator (UK, Nov. 2014) The 1890s saw a revolution in advertising. Cheap paper, faster printing, rural mail delivery, railroad shipping, and c……続きを見る

This is a celebration of the beauties and possibilities of Heliotrope and Honeysuckle, Auricula, Snapdragon, Spanish Iris and Corydalis, and all the other plants that enliven and exalt the gardens o……続きを見る

Rich with meaningful quotes and enduring messages, A Garden of Inspiration brings readers into a deeper connection with nature, dealing with topics including Earth’s natural beauty, growing food, an……続きを見る

In 1925 Harold Ross hired Katharine Sergeant Angell as a manuscript reader for The New Yorker. Within months she became the magazine’s first fiction editor, discovering and championing the work of V……続きを見る

For fans of Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving memoir of rediscovering, reinventing, and reconnecting, as an estranged mother and daughter come together to revive a long-abandoned garden and ultimatel……続きを見る

Tradescant's Diary, a column of garden jottings, first appeared in the RHS magazine, The Garden, in June 1975. Hugh Johnson was its author (in addition to his being Editorial Director of the magazin……続きを見る

The story of a small garden large enough to hold everything in life that really matters. *“These days the portion of Eden for which I am responsible is fairly modest. . . . It is a small house in a ……続きを見る

“Unlike any other gardening book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication.”ーBrooke Astor, The New York Times Book Review A classic in the lite……続きを見る

As gardening columnist for the New York Times, Anne Raver is one of our foremost authorities on making things grow. Even non-gardeners will find this book of essays a source of profound pleasure, fo……続きを見る

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"Willst du das ganze Leben glücklich sein, dann werde ein Gärtner" - so lautet ein chinesisches Sprichwort, und von diesem Glück, der Liebe zu Blumen, erzählt Gabriele Tergit im zweiten Teil ihres B……続きを見る

"Ich liebe meine Frau. Und ich liebe unseren Garten. In dieser Reihenfolge. Eindeutig. Bei meiner Frau bin ich mir über die Rangfolge nicht immer ganz sicher."So beginnt Peter Würths inzwischen zum ……続きを見る

Gardeners of today take for granted the many varieties of geraniums, narcissi, marigolds, roses, and other beloved flowers for their gardens. Few give any thought at all to how this incredible abund……続きを見る

Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in……続きを見る

Peeling off sheets of skin from a sunburned back. Visiting five nurseries and spending $1,000 in an afternoon. Raising 200 monarch butterflies. Feeding grasshoppers to a spider. Hearing the wings of……続きを見る

A collection containing: Five Acres and Independence: a practical guide to the selection and management of the small farm by Maurice G. Kains The Farm That Won't Wear Out by Cyril G. Hopkins People ……続きを見る

What happens when a lifelong gardener finally realizes that he must collaborate with Mother Nature rather than work against her in order to achieve his dream of creating the perfect garden? In this ……続きを見る

'The master. Puts all other modern tree-writers in the shade' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland Thomas Pakenham is an indefatigable champion of trees. In The Company of Trees he recounts his ……続きを見る

To go-to guide for women who want to be part of the farming revolution. Women are leading the new farming revolution in America. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and……続きを見る

Their Paths Are Peace tells the story of the creation of The Cleveland Cultural Gardens, a unique collection of landscaped, themed gardens each representing a different ethnic group/organization in ……続きを見る

Come See the Garden That Is Your Life When Zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller and her family land in a house with a hundred-year-old Japanese garden, she uses the paradise in her backyard to glean the ……続きを見る

The Telegraph has long enjoyed the closest association with gardeners. Indeed, as the newspaper of choice for the counties and the shires, it revels in the glory and variety of Britain’s horticultur……続きを見る

An anthology of the best garden writing from the pages of The Garden, the magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society. As well as revealing key moment from a time of intense change, this anthology p……続きを見る

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Jeder, der einen Garten sein Eigen nennt, geht sie ein: Beziehungen mit Pflanzen. Bei einigen ist es sofort die heiße Liebe, bei anderen eine dauerhafte Partnerschaft. Immer aber sind es die gemeins……続きを見る

A Gift of Friendship … If you've ever wrestled with the realities of growing older, fallen into a funk after a health scare or struggled to grow your own vegetables, Susan Troccolo's The Beet Goes O……続きを見る