The Painted Garden: A Year in Words and Watercolors [Hardcover]

Mary Woodin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000

This beautifully illustrated personal sketchbook includes records of planting, harvesting, and blooming throughout the four seasons -- plus a host of useful information for any gardener. Included are an illustrated list of herbs and their uses, a homespun recipe for waterproofing boots, and advice on distinguishing a robin's egg from a bullfinch's. Also peppered throughout are quotations and guidance from well-known gardening authorities, including Mary Russell Mitford, C.W. Earle, Vita Sackville-West, and Louise Beebe Wilder. Gardeners everywhere will take great pleasure in this collection of intimate musings, thoughtful philosophy, and touching artwork.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762404086
• ISBN-13: 978-0762404087
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A gorgeous book of beautfitul watercolors, April 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Painted Garden: A Year in Words and Watercolors (Hardcover)

Anyone who loves Sara Midda's books will also love this book--beautiful watercolors of the garden at all stages. Can't recommend it highly enough.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, January 4, 2001

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Louise C. Stone (Sunland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Painted Garden: A Year in Words and Watercolors (Hardcover)

I received this book as a gift for Christmas and I look at it every day. This is a "must" purchase for anyone who has any interest in a garden of any type. It is wonderful to enjoy lounging in the bathtub, while sipping a cup of tea or just enjoying some quiet time. Give this as a gift to your best friend. Better, get this as a gift to yourself. You deserve this beautiful book.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Painted Garden A Year in Words and Watercolors, July 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Painted Garden: A Year in Words and Watercolors (Hardcover)

This is a MUST have beautiful, as well as enchanting journal to read! I purchased it for two reasons. I have begun a watercolor class and this book is full of beautiful pictures. So I can try for some similar results after I practice, practice, practice. Secondly, after visiting Gloria, a friend with a georgeous flower garden, I want to start my own small flower garden. This book is full of names of flowers along with their pictures, so I can determine what I like most and where it will grow. Already my gardening and painting friend, Gloria has purchased this book after only glancing through my copy. Now I would like to purchase other titles by Mary Woodin. I have discovered she was also into ceramics, as I am into pottery, maybe we are kindred spirits.