Page Dickey

Uprooted (eBook, ePUB)

A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"Uprooted reveals how a late-life uprooting changed Dickey as a gardener." -The Wall Street Journal When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she had spent thirty-four years making, nurturing, and loving. She found her next chapter in northwestern Connecticut, on 17 acres of rolling fields and woodland around a former Methodist church. In Uprooted, Dickey reflects on this transition and on what it means for a gardener to start again. In these pages, follow her journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surrounding her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The surprise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape. Written with humor and elegance, Uprooted is an endearing story about transitions-and the satisfaction and joy that new horizons can bring.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Timber Press
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781643260518
• Artikelnr.: 64263176

Autorenporträt

Page Dickey is a garden designer and author of multiple books, including Gardens in the Spirit of Place, Inside Out, and Embroidered Ground. She lectures around the country about plants and garden design, and has written articles for House and Garden, Architectural Digest, Horticulture, Fine Gardening, and Garden Design. Her former garden, Duck Hill, has been featured in the New York Times, Elle Décor, and Vogue. She now lives and gardens in Falls Village, Connecticut, on 17 acres with a view of the Berkshire hills.