Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden-Fast Shipping

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“Unlike any other gardening book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication.”—Brooke Astor, The New York Times Book Review

A classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughts is a beautifully writtenand highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, ontopics ranging from “Annuals” and “Artichokes” to “Weeds” and “Wildflowers.” An amateurgardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perényi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledgeof gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informedopinion, historical insight, and philosophical musing. There are entries in praiseof earthworms and in protest of rock gardens, a treatise on the sexual politics oftending plants, and a paean to the salubrious effect of gardening (see “Longevity” ). Twenty years after its initial publication, Green Thoughts remains as much a joyto read as ever.

This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introductionby Allen Lacy, former gardening columnist for The Wall Street Journal and The NewYork Times and the author of numerous gardening books.

“You do not have to be a good gardener to fall in love with Green Thoughts. It reads with the intrepid assurance of a classic.”—Mary McCarthy, The New York Review of Books

“One of those dangerous reference works that you reach for at a moment of horticultural crisis or indecision only to find yourself an hour later browsing far beyond the page where you began.”—
The New Yorker