A Gentle Plea for Chaos
by Mirabel Osler, republished in 2011
I received this book review from one of the Seed Library volunteers-
"It was written in the 1990's, so not new and not ancient! It is just a
nice read, particularly in the late winter when you might be wishing you
could be gardening! It is not a how-to, but would give some readers
good ideas.The writer has a large plot of land and her focus is on
flowers and trees."
Synopsis from Amazon:
" In this book the author describes the way her garden evolved and how,
without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She suggests
moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the
mentality of a stamp-collector. Frequently funny and always stimulating,
she writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the 19th-century
plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening
philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with their
hollyhocks."
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