Garden Junk [Hardcover]

Mary Randolph Carter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997

Carter's advice on what to do with a corroded tool is useful; consult her list of junk shops quickly, before the owners decide they're hawking antiques.

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Amazon.com Review

Mary Randolph Carter is the author of American Junk, the ultimate guide book for people who love old stuff, bargains, and the thrill of hunting for the perfect whatchamacallit you didn't know you needed until you fell in love with it at a tag sale. Now Carter has turned her discerning eye for fascinating junk to the garden to write a definitive how-to book for finding, using, and even fixing up garden junk. Lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photos and supplemented by a national listing of sources for good junk, flea markets, and second-hand stores, Garden Junk will give you a whole new understanding of the meaning of junk!

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Studio; First Edition edition (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670869384
• ISBN-13: 978-0670869381
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mary Randolph Carter is a true hero!, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Garden Junk (Hardcover)

I enjoyed looking at all the wonderful ideas that Mary Randolph Carter creates with her salvaged finds. She definitely gives junk a new life and the book will make everyone think twice before throwing out something. She has definitely opened my eyes. Simply, it is just plain fun!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All Hail the Garden Junk Queen!, January 22, 2002

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Bonnie Burton (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garden Junk (Hardcover)

I'm a big fan of junk! Whether it be creepy big-eyed dolls or funky tiki mugs, I love junk! So when I saw Mary Randolph Carter's book Garden Junk: How to Grow Your Garden Gloriusly and Uniquely with All the Right Stuff, I knew I had found the bible of garden books. Not only does the author show you everything she buys from flea markets and garage sales, she also tells you how much it was and what she did with it. Each chapter takes you into the realm of old tools, found flower art, bizarre pots and watering cans, funky pot holders, tacky garden hats, forgotten yard furniture, absurd-yet-endearing vases and hip-looking birdbaths. I love her addiction to kitschy amateur paintings of flowers and plants. And if you're just in the mood to create, Mary shows you how to restore old shutters, de-rust antique tools, build a gardener's bulletin board (one of my favorite projects), make a rake rack, makeover a windowbox and create a scarecrow from scratch! She also gives you the lowdown on how she transformed an old, boring barn into her fabulous Garden Hutte! Plus the lavish photographs and layout of the book makes it do double duty as a hipster coffeetable book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Carter's Got A Green Thumb for Junk, July 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Garden Junk (Hardcover)

I've got to disagree with the readers who found no substance in this book! Curious to know what they were looking for? I found not only substance, but lots of inspiration. Being a veteran of junk prowls I loved the way MRC took me along and told all--where, how much, what to do with it. I guess substance is in the eye of the beholder. I've just read that her third junk book--Kitchen Junk--will be published in September. I can't wait!