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1	Second Nature: A Gardener's Education more books like this by Michael Pollan In the mid-1980s, Michael Pollan began gardening on the grounds of the old dairy farm he bought in Connecticut, a process that led to a series of musings on the troubled boundary between nature and contemporary life. see all copies from $2.85! new only from $7.74! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Down the garden path more books like this by Beverley Nichols "Down the Garden Path" has stood the test of time as one of the world's best-loved and most-quoted gardening books. Ostensibly an account of the creation of a garden in Huntingdonshire in the 1930s, it is really about the underlying emotions and obsessions for which gardening is just a cover story. The secret of this book's success -- and its ... see all copies from $11.14! new only from $18.18! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Merry Hall more books like this by Beverley Nichols No more delightful garden-related books have ever been written than Nichols' accounts of the rescue and renovation of Merry Hall, a rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $18.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Thatched Roof more books like this by Beverley Nichols Beverley Nichols fans, armchair gardeners, and literature enthusiasts will delight in this reprint of the second book in his Allways trilogy, with facsimile reproductions of Rex Whistler's original graceful illustrations and a new foreword by Roy C. Dicks. Nichols' humorous ruminations on life in the countryside, as always, are refreshing. The ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $19.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	An island garden more books like this by Celia Thaxter Thaxter spent much of her life on Isles of Shoals, off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In this classic volume, first published in 1894, she describes how she made her garden grow in this challenging environment. Childe Hassam's paintings and chapter illuminations are included. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Village in a Valley more books like this by Beverley Nichols, Bryan Connon (Foreword by) This reprint of the third book in Nichols' Allways trilogy contains a new foreword by Bryan Connon, Beverley Nichols' biographer. Set in the English countryside, the hilarious memoir is as much about the author's love for plants as it is about the village in which he lived. The depictions of flowers and ornamentals -- "A single one of those ... see all copies from $18.89! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden more books like this by Eleanor Perenyi Eleanor Perenyi's quirky, entertaining, and learned essays are opinionated in the best way. Perenyi, who has been gardening for many years at her small plot in Stonington, Connecticut (and before that at a palatial estate in Hungary), knows what she's talking about. As she tackles (with gusto) a variety of garden topics--including beans, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden more books like this by Diane Ackerman In CULTIVATING DELIGHT, Diane Ackerman introduces readers to her garden, weeds and all, and muses on the connections between plants and people, and the effect of gardening on the human spirit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World more books like this by Wendy Johnson, Davis Te Selle (Illustrator) Johnson and Te Salle deliver a meditative, beautifully illustrated yet profoundly practical book that takes readers deep into the natural world and into a new understanding of the art of gardening. see all copies from $14.20! new only from $14.20! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Around the House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing, and Home Improvement more books like this by Dominique Browning House & Garden's editor-in-chief writes about the end of one house after a divorce, and the hopeful beginning of another, in a memoir that concentrates on life's simple pleasures, which include the joys of spending time with her two sons, and the satisfactions of having a comfy old sofa in the kitchen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Garden open today more books like this by Beverley Nichols Nichols distills 30 years of practical gardening experience in an entertaining fashion, perhaps to strike back at critics who whispered that he was not a "real gardener." see all copies from $9.99! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden more books like this by Emily Whaley, William Baldwin Emily Whaley's garden in Charleston, South Carolina, may be the most visited private garden in the country. It is the life's work of a vibrant, sociable, opinionated, determined, forceful woman who has spent the last 85 years cultivating whatever life offered her. Thanks to Baldwin's unfailing ear, Whaley's distinctive voice offers readers a clear ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Onward and upward in the garden more books like this by Katharine Sergeant Angell White Katharine White's celebrated garden columns appeared in The New Yorker between 1958 and 1970. These 14 essays, chiefly reviews of garden catalogs, are full of White's humor, intelligence, and lively critical sensibility. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Laughter on the stairs more books like this by Beverley Nichols No more delightful garden-related books have ever been written than Nichols' accounts of the rescue and renovation of Merry Hall, a rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	French Dirt: The Story of a Garden in the South of France more books like this by Richard Goodman An American in Provence and his garden, complete with colorful locals. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	My Garden (Book) more books like this by Jamaica Kincaid Novelist Jamaica Kincaid writes about her Vermont garden, as well as about gardening books, seed catalogues, famous gardens she has visited, and her life in the Caribbean where she grew up. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Time-Tested Plants: Thirty Years in a Four-Season Garden more books like this by Pamela J Harper Emphasizing the seasons, Pamela J. Harper takes the gardener on a tour of the plants she has grown in her garden in Virginia. A New York Times choice for one of the best gardening books of 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
18 view cover	Sunlight on the lawn more books like this by Beverley Nichols No more delightful garden-related books have ever been written than Nichols' accounts of the rescue and renovation of Merry Hall, a run-down Georgian mansion and its garden. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.03! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	We Made a Garden more books like this by Margery Fish Retiring to Somerset, Margery Fish and her irascible husband, Walter, devoted themselves to creating two acres of gardens. Fish's classic book on the subject, first published in 1956, describes how she took the very British idea of the cottage garden and turned it into an orderly riot of color, texture, and design. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $7.28! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	My summer in a garden more books like this by Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner, a crony of Mark Twain who collaborated with him on THE GILDED AGE, wrote about gardening for the Hartford Courant. Warner's column, which introduced his beloved cat, Calvin, often went beyond the garden to consider social and moral issues. This collection of his beguiling columns, published in 1871, is one of the great ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The gardener's year more books like this by Karel Capek The Czech writer Karel Capek (1890-1938) was renowned for his satirical play R.U.R., in which he coined the word "robot" (from the Czech word for "peasant")--a blistering attack on technology in the service of regimentation. Perhaps surprisingly, Capek was also a dedicated gardener. In THE GARDENER'S YEAR, his classic, month-by-month walk through ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.56! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader more books like this by Joan Dye Gussow This first-person story is a horn of plenty in itself, as Joan Dye Gussow tells of her adventures as a master gardener and tireless promoter of the organic way of life. Gussow has cultivated several gardens in her homes north of New York City, and her book is full of loving insider tips on what she grew and how she grew it. She lends her expertise ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $14.44! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Paths of Desire: The Passions of a Suburban Gardener more books like this by Dominique Browning The editor-in-chief of House & Garden writes about her own garden, at her country house north of New York. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm more books like this by Stanley Crawford From planting time in autumn through high blue winter days to rich, hectic weeks of summer when garlic, basil, flowers, and vegetables are harvested, Crawford evokes the great adventure of getting back to the land--and the vivid mysteries of the earth, wind, water, seed, bulb, and stalk. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $4.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden more books like this by Amy Stewart Amy Stewart had a simple dream: She wanted a garden. "From the Ground Up" is Stewart's chronicle of the seedlings and weeds, cats and compost, worms and watering that transformed a plot into a glorious garden. Delighting in triumphs and confessing to gardening sins, Stewart dishes the dirt for both the novice and experienced gardener. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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