A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed

By: James Fenton

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Paperback | 20 April 2005

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125 Pages

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19.05 x 12.7 x 1.27

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"An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject." --Alexander Urquhart, The Times Literary Supplement

Forget structure. Forget trees, shrubs, and perennials. As James Fenton writes, "This is not a book about huge projects. It is about thinking your way toward the essential flower garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow."

In this light hearted, instructive, original "game of lists," Fenton selects one hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. Flowers for color, size, and exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines, tropical species--Fenton describes readily available varieties, and tells how to acquire and grow them.

Here is a happy, stylish, unpretentious, and thought-provoking gardening book that will beguile and inspire both novice and expert alike.

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"Blatantly flouting current gardening convention, Fenton eschews the tedium of planning a plot's "bones," or layout, in favor of growing flowers that simply appeal to one for their own sake." --Kirkus Reviews

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