Thoughtful Gardening - High-Quality Gardening Tools & Supplies for Home & Outdoor Use | Perfect for Planting, Landscaping & DIY Projects
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In Thoughtful Gardening, award-winning historian and Financial Times gardening columnist Robin Lane Fox takes readers on a delightful journey through each season of the gardening year. From fending off vine-weevils to visiting Yves Saint Laurent's private gardens in Marrakech, Fox imbues each of his musings with grace, sophistication, and charm. Essential reading for anyone planting a new garden or taking stock of one after several years, Thoughtful Gardening offers expert advice and a touching reminder of the power of art and literature to deepen what we see and experience in nature. Combining a vast understanding of horticulture with witty and stylish storytelling, these vignettes form -- season by season -- a rich reflection on the lessons, challenges, and joys of life with a green thumb.
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Robin Lane Fox is a man after my own heart. As is clear in other reviews he is not to everyone’s taste. If you like Beverly Nichols, fox hunting and the traditional mixed borders and strong structure of 20th century British gardens you will enjoy him. If you are a fan of the New Perrenials style and refer to insects (beneficial or not) as “wildlife” you will find him out of touch and his sense of humor grating. I am in the former camp and caught a breath of fresh (!) air in what some found hopelessly out of date. I’m tired of Oudolf and Stipa gigantea. Give me an old rose and a Taxus hedge any day. Incidentally I am neither a man nor a conservative. Perhaps his style appeals more broadly to his fellow countrymen; I notice all the reviews on UK Amazon are five-star.
