Embroidered Ground
Author | : Page Dickey |
Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2011-02-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781429994071 |
ISBN-13 | : 142999407X |
Rating | : 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: A memorable book about making a renowned garden work In Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden, the acclaimed author and garden designer Page Dickey writes of the pitfalls, challenges, successes, and myriad pleasures of the twenty-nineyear-long process of creating her own remarkable garden, Duck Hill, in upstate New York. This winning book details the evolution of one especially loved and cared-for space: its failed schemes and realized dreams, and the wisdom gained in contending with an ever evolving work of art. The author shares her very personal views on what contributes to a garden's success—structure, fragrance, the play of light and shadow, patterns and textures, multiseasonal plants. She writes of gardening with a husband, with wildlife, with dogs and chickens. And she grapples with how to adapt her garden—as we can adapt ours—to change in the years ahead.