Thoughtful Gardening

In Thoughtful Gardening, award-winning historian and Financial Times gardening columnist Robin Lane Fox takes readers on a delightful journey through each season of the gardening year. From fending off vine-weevils to visiting Yves Saint Laurents private gardens in Marrakech, Fox imbues each of his musings with grace, sophistication, and charm. Essential reading for anyone planting a new garden or taking stock of one after several years, Thoughtful Gardening offers expert advice and a touching reminder of the power of art and literature to deepen what we see and experience in nature. Combining a vast understanding of horticulture with witty and stylish storytelling, these vignettes formseason by seasona rich reflection on the lessons, challenges, and joys of life with a green thumb.

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<p>Penelope Hobhouse, author of "In Search of Paradise: Great Gardens of the World<br>"""Thoughtful Gardening" is clever, educational, inspiring and replete with witty asides--we are the fortunate readers. This is not an ordinary 'how-to' gardening book but a brilliant exploration of a gardening passion." <br> Gregory Long, President of The New York Botanical Garden <br> "For everyone who loves plants and gardening, this 'mixed border' of a book will be one of the best reads ever--erudite, sensible, fearless. Dip into these brilliant essays, and you will have so much fun--laughing at Robin's stories and his sardonic wit; learning about good plants and flower gardening; reveling in the author's pithy profiles of celebrity gardeners; thinking about the rich connections among gardening, history, and literature; and traveling with him to important gardens all over the world, where he always has an original take on the history and horticulture of the place. This is garden writing at the highest level.""Town & Country""<br>""[A] collection of witty essays about the pleasures of working the land. Fox, the long-time gardening columnist at the "Financial Times," finds delights everywhere from Capri to China, but his greatest inspiration seems to be home: England." "Booklist""As the venerated gardening columnist for Britain's "Financial Times," acclaimed author, and Garden Master at Oxford University, the acerbic, intuitive, and erudite Fox trots out his own well-honed appreciation for specific cultivars, shares his frustrations with stealthy squirrels and belligerent badgers, and dishes on horticultural divas from Nancy Lancaster to Christopher Lloyd in a seasonal collection of expressive essays in which he travels the world, from his own cozy Cotswold garden to Yves Saint Laurent's opulent Marrakech retreat." "Publishers Weekly""For Fox, flower gardens are human creations informed by art, history, science, politics, and personality. He takes readers on a year-long tour t

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