A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

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Suggests moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the mentality of a stamp-collector. The author describes the way her garden evolved and how, without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She discusses the alchemy of gardens, of 19th-century plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening philosophers.

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A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

In this book, the author describes the way her garden evolved and how, without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She suggests moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the mentality of a stamp-collector. Frequently funny and always stimulating, she writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the 19th-century plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with their hollyhocks. She won the 1988 Sinclair Consumer Press Garden Writer of the Year Award.
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ISBN 13 9780747548003
ISBN 10 0747548005
Title A Gentle Plea for Chaos
Author Mirabel Osler
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2000-03-23
Number of pages 187
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.