Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden - Hardcover

Dickey, Page

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374256322 ISBN 13: 9780374256326

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Authors

Page Dickey is a garden writer, lecturer, and designer. She is the author of Duck Hill Journal: A Year in a Country Garden and Breaking Ground. She has written on garden design for House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Elle Decor.

Page Dickey is a garden writer, lecturer, and designer. She is the author of Duck Hill Journal and Breaking Ground. She has written on garden design for House & Garden, House Beautiful, and Elle Decor.
William Atherton studied graphic design in London before becoming an advertising art director, winning many awards worldwide. He is now an artist and photographer living in Connecticut.

Edition details

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374256322
• ISBN 13: 9780374256326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Atherton William
• Number of pages: 250