Garden Open TodayGarden Open Today
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Book, 2002
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Current format, Book, 2002, , Available . Offered in 0 more formats"When Beverley Nichols first published Garden Open Today in 1963, he was already well known for his "garden adventure" books such as Down the Garden Path and Merry Hall, whose unforgettable characters still live in the imaginations of present day gardeners. In Garden Open Today, however, Mr. Nichols attempted a departure from his previous gardening books; he sought to distill thirty years of practical gardening experience in an entertaining fashion, and perhaps to strike back at critics who whispered that he was not a "real gardener." His book concludes with a now-famous invitation to readers to come judge his garden for themselves - hence the book's title - an offer he left open until his death in 1983." "Despite all his efforts to hew to the practical, however, Mr. Nichols could never resist the bon mot or humorous remark. His analysis of soil types by comparing them to great writers is as funny as it is dubious. (For those who can't wait, Emily Bronte is a "peat person" and Graham Greene is, alas, "a very heavy clay indeed.") Perhaps it is best to leave Mr. Nichols's contemporary reviewers with the last word on this delightful book, which no literate gardener will want to miss."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Portland, Or. : Timber Press, ©2002.
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