This is a collection of gardening columns written over 15 years for Connecticut Magazine by self-described dirt gardener Rea Lubar Duncan. The book contains funny gardening stories, history and a great deal of practical advice, especially for gardeners in northern climes. Every major flower, plant and shrub--from poppies to Chinese tree peonies, from daffodils to delphiniums--is covered, along with armchair trips to Sissinghurst, the Himalayas, Kyoto and beyond.
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"Like her, Rea Duncan's garden columns sparkle with wit, humor and passionate love of the earth and all its wonders. -- Liz Claiborne
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Rea Lubar Duncan has headed her own New York City public relations frim for 25 years. She's been the gardening columnist for Connecticut Magazine since 1983.
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Give me broad strokes, no dits and dats, the late, great Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord & Taylor, would command. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Flower Farm, New York, The Glebe House, Gertrude Jekyll, Weir Farm, United States, Miss Jekyll, New Canaan, New England, Wayside Gardens, Russell Page, Carlson's Gardens, George Lee, Miss Lingard, Ridgefield Garden Club, South Salem, Vita Sackville-West, Bedford Gardens, Bob Carlson, Caroline Bryan, Early American, Greens Farms, Joe Cicio, Lee Memorial Garden, North Tisburys New!
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Give me broad strokes, no dits and dats, the late, great Dorothy Shaver, president of Lord & Taylor, would command. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
White Flower Farm, New York, The Glebe House, Gertrude Jekyll, Weir Farm, United States, Miss Jekyll, New Canaan, New England, Wayside Gardens, Russell Page, Carlson's Gardens, George Lee, Miss Lingard, Ridgefield Garden Club, South Salem, Vita Sackville-West, Bedford Gardens, Bob Carlson, Caroline Bryan, Early American, Greens Farms, Joe Cicio, Lee Memorial Garden, North Tisburys New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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