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The Garden in Every Sense and Season Hardcover – April 3, 2018

by Tovah Martin (Author), Kindra Clineff (Photographer)

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“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses.” —Gardenista

So much of gardening is focused on the long list of chores—the weeding, planting, and pruning. But what about the joy a garden can provide? In The Garden in Every Sense and Season, Tovah Martin explores the sensory delights in her own garden in 100 evocative essays. Martin shares sage garden advice, offers intimate reflections on her own garden, and urges us to inhale, savor, and become more attuned to our gardens. Packed with lush color photographs, The Garden in Every Sense and Season will help you grow a bounty of gratitude in your own home garden.

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“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own landscape.” —Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista

“I want to eat this book. To savor its sweetness. Tovah Martin has packed it with the sense and sensibilities of her gardening year. Mouthwatering.” —Marta McDowell, author of The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder and Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life

“Anything written by Tovah Martin is a treat, and The Garden in Every Sense and Season is no exception. A chronicle of her garden throughout the year, it is a sensory journal. . . . Readers will feel like they are following along as she completes her seasonal tasks. . . . While not every seasonal task is mentioned, Martin’s experience and advice offer insight into how she gardens and food for thought for others who are fortunate enough to do so as well.” —NYBG’s Plant Talk

“The principles and inspiration are applicable regardless of where you live and design.” —The Designer

“Martin skillfully and sensitively shows that fall and winter are as appealing, if not as showy, as spring and summer. . . With her support, getting through winter might be a little easier this year.” —The Columbus Dispatch

“Will ring familiar with gardeners everywhere. . . . a gem of a book.” —Country Gardens

“A gifted writer, Martin expresses herself in creative ways that draw in the reader.” —Smith Mountain Laker

“A poetic new book of essays.” —Old-House Journal

“Tovah Martin loves the way spring unfolds—nice and slow.” —Daily Gazette

“Urges gardeners to inhale, savour and become more attuned to our gardens.” —The English Garden

“A personal and poetic journey.” —Design New England

“An interesting and beautiful read.” —The Reading Eagle

“More than just a top-notch garden writer, she’s a Connecticut treasure.” —Connecticut Gardener

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From the heady fragrance of spring lilacs to the delicious silence of a winter snowfall, Tovah Martin shares four seasons of sensory experiences gleaned from a year of mindfulness in her garden. This deeply personal narrative, from one of the greatest garden writers of our time, teaches us to look closer, breathe deeper, and listen harder to truly savor our favorite outdoor spaces.

About the Author

Tovah Martin is a fanatical and passionate organic gardener and the author of The Indestructible Houseplant, The Unexpected Houseplant, The New Terrarium, and Tasha Tudor’s Garden, as well as many other gardening books. Visit her tovahmartin.com.

Kindra Clineff specializes in location photography and regularly produces feature assignments for national magazines; her images have appeared in numerous books, including several with Tovah Martin. She lives in Essex County, Massachusetts.

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Introduction: Coming to My Senses
This is the story of a nose and how I followed it through the year. This is the saga of a garden and how it spoke to me. In these pages I chronicle a pair of hands as they grope their way through the weeding, hoeing, and digging without too much pain. And this is the tale of someone who has looked at her garden for years, but only now saw it fully for the first time. I have learned that unless you consciously experience your garden, you might be blind to its beauty. And if you don’t listen, it will remain mute. This is the journal of an awakening told throughout the course of a year. But it is not my individual story—it is everyone’s.

What is it about gardening? So often, it’s like a tsunami, and we are caught up in its rush until we drown. Not only do we go under, but we are submerged without any of the deep-rooted memories that made martyrdom worth the sacrifice. We tend to forget that the garden is a very close, personal relationship, and we don’t stroke it enough.

I was that person. I was the weed warrior with the gimlet eye focused solely on stray chickweed and opportunistic witch grass. I was blind and I was deaf. I felt the sting of the rose—which I cluelessly placed by the front door—tearing my flesh while I juggled the flat of plants, the keys, and my knapsack. I grew the paperwhites in winter, which offended my nostrils in close quarters after dark. I experienced a few spare moments of awakening, but I also made senseless mistakes because of numbness. This is the frantic response of the frenetic gardener.

I call my seven acres Furthermore because I’m continually overextending. My mind races ahead of physical reality and, before I know it, another project is in the works and I’m galloping to make it happen. When I came to this land in northwestern Connecticut, nothing botanical was in residence save a few struggling irises around the foundation. I asked 95-year-old Mabel Smith whether a garden ever resided here when the land was still part of her family farm. She pointed to the front yard with her shaky cane and responded, “A garden? Of course there was a garden! A potato patch was planted right here.” So there you have it. I am returning this property to its glorious roots.

I came in 1996, and over the years I have inserted a garden to spread in front of the 1790 cottage (converted into living space from a former cobbler’s shop), put in an herb-vegetable garden behind the house, installed a berry garden and a massive vegetable garden, and upcycled what was left of the front lawn into a lawn-alternative garden. I’ve planted dozens and dozens of trees. I steward an acre of New England meadow, diversifying it slightly from the original mono-goldenrod inventory to include other natives such as Joe Pye weed, pycnanthemum, and numerous asters. I built a barn for my two Saanen goats, and they graze placidly (sometimes) in their paddock—all the while keeping an eye peeled for devilry to wreak if I leave a gate unguarded for half a second. Inside the house and its attached converted barn, Einstein (a shelter kitten whose lineage includes mischievous Maine Coon) watches from various windows. More than 200 plants reside in the house in the colder months, to be liberated outdoors to various porches and patios when weather permits. Furthermore is the stage where my ultimate revelation took place. It provides ample fodder for feeling—if only I was wired that way. This is my journey of sensory illumination.

The idea for this book came from you. During lectures, I often begin by asking my audience to close their eyes and pull up a sensation. And you wouldn’t believe where we go from that simple prompting. We return to childhood. We talk about jasmines floating into windows and the seductive aroma of freshly mown grass. Afterward, we know each other a little better. And we see opportunities that we were blind to while careening around. Gardeners are kin—fellow diggers in the dirt—and we are kindled. As a result of my sensory awakening, I love Furthermore even more today. I’m hoping to ignite that sort of deeper relationship in you.

Through my lectures I have learned that our perceptions are universally shared. We like similar sensations. Lots of us have color preferences. And we have other commonalities—for example, who doesn’t want to avoid injuries? But do you analyze tools before purchasing them, or just go for the handsomest presentation? We tend toward tunnel vision. We sometimes forget to plug in all our senses, and the garden is diluted as a result. We rush out with our tool trug in hand and get down to business. We rip and tear with all our might to create the sensational garden of our dreams, and then we forget to experience those sensations. We don’t plug in.

This adventure could be so multilayered. The garden has so much potential. If only we would take time to do the 360-degree turn and gather all the stimuli, just think how much more fruitful our garden might become. We have a uniquely privileged viewpoint. The glistening hues of tree peony flowers, the shine of light as it illuminates leaves, the velvety touch of lamb’s ears, the buzz of pollinators as they go about their duties, the flit of birds as they make use of what we have offered to further the survival of their species—they are all part of the privilege. Tasting the salty sweat, listening to the chink of the hoe as it dispatches the weeds, touching our hands to the Braille of statuary or just wrapping our fingers around a clot of our own homegrown soil—it’s all ours to savor. We are cheating ourselves if we don’t perk up.

So it’s time. Now is the right moment to build on the cues that have accumulated over the years and listen up, look over, inhale, savor, and reach out. Come and join me. Explore your garden through the seasons for all it’s worth. Become attuned.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Timber Press (April 3, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 292 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1604697458
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1604697452
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 1 x 9.25 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2020
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Tovah Martin is a gem of a writer and gardener/horticulturist, and I was entranced with "The Garden in Every Sense and Season." The first thing I should convey is that Ms. Martin’s writing is brilliant. All the words I want to use to describe her writing remind me of gardens: attractive, appealing,, charismatic, enchanting, alluring. I borrowed a copy from our local library and once home, cracked it open to a random page. I immediately noticed that she spoke of each plant by its Latin name. Most people I know are baffled when I say I am going to plant “Vinca” which they refer to as “Myrtle.” Which baffles me. As Tovah describes each season with its benefits and challenges, she also informs of the tools she relies upon, of which many are new to me, and provides the specific names of each, making it simple to locate and purchase. I knew nothing of gloves with nubs on the thumb for wiping the brow, so simple a concept and my lust was immediate. Her discussion of nocturnal-blooming plants, their scents and behaviors, is an interesting journey into anthropomorphism. Each season has a chapter, each chapter has a section for each sense, hence the "Every Sense" in the title. Ms. Martin shares her experiences regarding her many plants, tools, techniques, plant addiction, garden ornaments, where to purchase particular seeds, roses, etc. and the sky as negative space. I have never read a gardening book as cover-to-cover enjoyable and full of hard-core information in a you're-my-gardening-friend manner. I now hold many secrets my decades of gardening never provided, and a wealth of excellent tools, thankfully! Even if you don't garden, this is a great read. A great Christmas gift as well, because what could be better in winter than indulging in the joy of spring and new growth?

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If you are a gardener, or just an admirer of gardens, this is an interesting, relaxing read, as well as a wonderful reference, and was just what I needed to get me through a tough Minnesota winter. The descriptions of all garden-related tasks, descriptions of the habits of various plants, flowers, herbs, trees, birds, animals and pests kept me reading all the way to the end. The photography in this book is beautiful, and I loved the illustrations on the section pages as well (the overall book design is really attractive). I have not had a garden in years (other than potted plants), but this was just the "fix" I needed.

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Informative, beautiful, and delightful. Ticked the boxes my yearning of the gems in each of the four seasons. It's a book I will refer back to and recommend.

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Tovah Martin is such a wonderful writer. This book took me back to my childhood, to a time when I wasn’t in such a hurry and actually felt the sunlight on my face, the earth beneath my feet, savored the smell of the Lily of the Valley, the touch of Lamb’s Ear. It’s filled with useful information, things I hadn’t thought of, or forgot, even though I’m a long-time gardener. I’m committed to slowing down, to truly making my garden a garden in every sense and season. What a welcome addition to my library!

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This is a mindless run through the garden without a stop along the way may be a great little mindful and enchanting book in this mess of words but I could not find it. A rambling bunch of words about the garden in the seasons through the senses . with no.breaks or explanations or editing or even the occasional.page or paragraph break. Not a single doodle or dingbat to control the paceit is impossible to find your way through.it is a New England garden not everyone knows all the Latin names nor the specifics of the local flowers etc. But there is no help here this is not a stroll through the garden with stories and highlights this is a mad dash without a pause .. There might be a good book.in here but it needs trimming.

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I bought this for as a gift for my mom, and she loved it! I received nothing but positive sentiment from her about this book. A great buy for a garden lover.

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Inspirational and fun perspective on the garden in all seasons! Love it and the photos are a fabulous bonus! A fave in my large collection of gardening books!

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