Ann Lovejoy's Organic Garden Design School: A Guide for Creating Your Own Beautiful, Easy-Care Garden (A Rodale organic gardening book) - Hardcover

Lovejoy, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0875968368 ISBN 13: 9780875968360

Publisher: Rodale Press, 2001

Synopsis

The author, a frequent contributor to Horticulture magazine and an expert in organic gardening, shares her natural gardening secrets in this beautifully illustrated coffee table book that discusses the art of organic garden design, cultivation, plant selection, and more. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

"This book is a masterpiece! Her fabulous writing style makes it a true joy to read for creative ideas, and its use as a reference should continue for many years." --Holly H. Shimizu, former host of The Victory Garden"As gifted a writer as she is a gardener, Lovejoy is always a pleasure to read, and her lyric prose is at the heart of this inspired and inspiring volume...Readers may find themselves as charmed by her singular turns of phrase as they are by her horticultural wisdom." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)"In this powerhouse of a book, Ann Lovejoy, the prolific queen of American garden writing, tackles the toughest subject-designing one's garden. She puts the effortless flow of her beautiful prose along with her characteristic humor and intelligence to work on intense concepts, such as organic gardening and layering. The result is a superb clarification of the mysteries of garden design." --Lauren Springer, author of The Undaunted Garden

About the Author:

Ann Lovejoy ranks among the country's leading garden experts and has been featured on HGTV, National Public Radio, and national public television. She has written more than 18 gardening books, including The American Mixed Border, Further Along the Garden Path, Fragrance in Bloom, and Gardening from Scratch, and is a regular garden and food columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Ann Lovejoy's garden school classes are offered throughout the Northwest. Some of her more unusual classes introduce gardeners to beneficial bugs and compost teas, and her workshops on Bulldozer Gardening teach students-often including professionals-how to use heavy machinery efficiently and without harming existing trees. Her classes accommodate both small and large groups and garden clubs and sometimes include continuing education programs for regional Master Gardeners. Garden school travel programs take gardeners as far afield as Europe and Costa Rica, where Ann has developed a gardeners' eco-tour program for EcoTeach, a nonprofit foundation that supports environmental protection projects in Costa Rica.

Ann is the founder and director or the Sequoi Center for the Healing Arts, which offers daily classes in tai chi, yoga, and meditation, and is host of a women's community circle. The Sequoia Center, also the site of Ann's home and garden, is visited by as many as 100 people a day. Her public volunteer gardening project (The Town in Bloom) turns neglected public spaces into thriving gardens entirely maintained by volunteers. This program recently won a national award and is the model for projects being developed in other communities.

Ann lives with her two teenage sons on Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride away from Seattle, Washington.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rodale Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0875968368
• ISBN 13: 9780875968360
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288