At last, a gardening book that digs past the dirt, reaching down to the soul of gardening. THE IMPERFECT GARDEN follows one gardener's journey as she discovers her trash heap of a garden, unearths bulbs and seedlings buried by time and neglect, and carves out a whimsical landscape dotted by decades of successful and failed gardening experiments. Expanding on the candid reflections of the author's gardening column, THE IMPERFECT GARDEN explores the elements of determination, disappointment, and surprise that shaped both her landscape and her life.
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Bay Area author Adina Sara writes a feature gardening column for the MacArthur Metro, an Oakland, California newspaper. Her first book, 100 Words per Minute: Tales From Behind Law Office Doors (Regent Press, 2006) chronicles her unintentional career as an office worker. Sara's short fiction, essays, and poems have appeared in magazines including Green Prints, Cottage Gardener, Peregrine and East Bay Express. Photographer Rachel Michaelsen, when not photographing or working in her garden, is engaged as a social worker, providing psychotherapy, consultation and training.
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I'm not a gardener,
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I haven't read this book and I'm not a gardener... yet. But I have been reading Sara's gardening columns in the Metro and her writing is like a garden itself: working at many levels at once. Frankly I read her column for its philosophy more than anything. She lives among nature as a participant. I recommend her writing to everyone, it's startlingly different, you will see your garden and all of nature with a different perspective.
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A strong choice,
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Gardening is more than a hobby for some. "The Imperfect Garden" explores the spiritual side of gardening from author Adina Sara's perspective; she finds much comfort in restoring her backyard garden and turning it into something beautiful. With moving anecdotes, and full color gardening photos, Sara may inspire others to create their own garden and embrace it, making "The Imperfect Garden" a strong choice.
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A Celebration of Imperfection,
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As much as this book is about gardening, it is a book that reflects a philosphy of life, celebrating creativity, spontaneity, and serendipity. Gardeners and non-gardeners will love this book. It is at once funny, heartwarming, and wise. - Joan Alexander
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