No One Gardens Alone: A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 080708560X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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White in Two Gardeners, she found legions of readers, in the South and elsewhere, who were eager to know more about the legendary Lawrence.Now, one hundred years after her birth, No One Gardens Alone tells for the first time the story of this fascinating woman. When Emily Herring Wilson edited a collection of letters between Lawrence and famed New Yorker editor Katherine S. She was a true Southerner; a successful, independent gardening writer with her own newspaper column and numerous books to her credit; a dutiful daughter who cared for her elders and always lived with her mother; a landscape architect; an accomplished poet; a friend of literary figures like Eudora Welty and Joseph Mitchell; and a woman people called St. Vincent Millay, this book reveals Lawrence in all her complexity and establishes her, at last, as on
. From Publishers Weekly Gardening seems a solitary endeavor, perfect for those who like to be alone with nature without leaving their own yard. No one can garden alone." Admired by writers such as Joseph Mitchell and Eudora Welty, Lawrence's writing was often about people and philosophy as well as planting. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. But this biography of renowned Southern gardening expert Lawrence tells of a time when getting your hands on an Algerian iris was not as easy as opening a nursery catalogue. According to Lawrence, "Gardening, reading about gar
Kevin Killian said Elizabeth the Great. I had never even heard of Elizabeth Lawrence before picking up this book nor do I remember ever reading any biographies of gardeners before. And yet Emily Herring Wilson's simple, deceptively placid writing style hooked me from page one. She promises, then she reveals, over and over again. Lawrence led a fairl. An Enduring Garden of Earthy Delights Owl The photograph on the front cover is a true herald of the delights of this superb biography of Elizabeth Lawrence, "No One Gardens Alone." A slender, fair-haired lady with surprisingly strong eyebrows gazes happily,adoringly at three blossoms as tall as she is and almost as big. The flowers (hydrangea? marigol. A Marvelous Book particularly for gardeners. An outstanding biography of an outstanding woman and gardener.I read it avidly and then immediately reread it! I wish we hadbeen friends even though she had many many gardeningfriends. Plus an unusually loving and extended family.You will treasure this book.