The carefree garden letting nature play her part / Bill Terry.
| Author/creator | Terry, Bill, 1935- |
| Other author | Horsdal, Marlyn. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Victoria, British Columbia] : TouchWood Editions, [2015] |
| Description | 183 pages : color illustrations, map, portrait ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Meet Mother Nature -- The perfect garden -- Consider the lay of the land -- Let the moss grow under your feet -- A walk on the wild side -- The florisitc kingdoms -- Rewilding -- The double-flowered salmonberry -- The lilies of the field -- The simplicity of species -- The twelfth wedding anniversary flower -- It isn't easy being green -- Serendipity -- A plant in the wrong place -- Memory and personality -- Letting nature play her part -- Appendix: Ninety-nine perennials. |
| Abstract | 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 delightful and thoughtful narrative journey of horticultural discovery, Bill Terry asks how and even why we garden, and to what end? These are personal stories, thoughts, and ideas about the perfect garden interspersed with humorous, imagined conversations with Mother Nature herself. As he works in his West Coast garden, choosing wild roses over the fancy hybrid teas, and discarding manmade hybrids and cultivars in favour of the charm and simplicity of peonies, hellebores, and tulips as they grow in the wild, Terry learns to welcome and encourage happy accidents, greatly reducing the work and effort required to maintain order (as most gardeners seek to do), and instead embracing a substantial measure of disorder. The perfect garden, he discovers, respects both Mother Nature's demands--integrating endemic plants, choosing natural species and varieties--and the gardener's personality--expressing her own taste and creativity, and rich in private memories. This is a light-hearted and witty collection of reflections that will appeal to gardeners everywhere. |
| General note | "Editor: Marlyn Horsdal"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Other forms | Issued also in electronic format. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019396353 |
| ISBN | 9781771511261 (pbk.) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |