Wood and Garden
Gertrude Jekyll, 1983, Ayer Co. 286 pages, trade paperback.
Good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows shelf wear.
Even after more than a century, Gertrude Jekyll's 1899 classic, "Wood and Garden," is amazingly relevant. In easy to read language, she offers modern gardeners organic solutions, help with difficult soils, and suggestions on finding the right plant for the right place. For anyone nostalgic for what may seem a simpler time, she's got descriptions of such old-time occupations as the barrel hoop making that kept her team of gardeners at work during slow times. And anyone who simply loves beauty will revel in the descriptions of garden and countryside.
Gertrude Jekyll, 1983, Ayer Co. 286 pages, trade paperback.
Good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows shelf wear.
Even after more than a century, Gertrude Jekyll's 1899 classic, "Wood and Garden," is amazingly relevant. In easy to read language, she offers modern gardeners organic solutions, help with difficult soils, and suggestions on finding the right plant for the right place. For anyone nostalgic for what may seem a simpler time, she's got descriptions of such old-time occupations as the barrel hoop making that kept her team of gardeners at work during slow times. And anyone who simply loves beauty will revel in the descriptions of garden and countryside.
Gertrude Jekyll, 1983, Ayer Co. 286 pages, trade paperback.
Good condition, pages clean and bright, binding tight, cover shows shelf wear.
Even after more than a century, Gertrude Jekyll's 1899 classic, "Wood and Garden," is amazingly relevant. In easy to read language, she offers modern gardeners organic solutions, help with difficult soils, and suggestions on finding the right plant for the right place. For anyone nostalgic for what may seem a simpler time, she's got descriptions of such old-time occupations as the barrel hoop making that kept her team of gardeners at work during slow times. And anyone who simply loves beauty will revel in the descriptions of garden and countryside.