Fifty Shades of Gardening
Books for lovers of gardening and nature
Gardeners, winter is upon us. We finally have time to read and think about gardens–past and future, near and far, real and imaginary. Not surprisingly, MGVs (and some CCE crew) have recommended books that have inspired, guided and entertained them.
Seamus Carroll and Ruby Koch-Fienberg both mentioned The Overstory, Richard Powers’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (W. W. Norton & Company), which the novelist Ann Patchett described as "The best novel ever written about trees, and really, just one of the best novels, period." Another engaging plant-related novel, about a 19th-century female botanist, is The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead Books). That recommendation goes double if you’re interested in moss.
Seamus also likes Wilding by Isabella Tree (Blackstone Publishing), about an English couple who decided to let their 3,500-acre farm revert to wilderness. . . . READ MORE
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