Through the Garden Gate (Chapel Hill Books) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807819077 ISBN 13: 9780807819074

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2006

Synopsis

Through the Garden Gate is a collection of 144 of the popular weekly articles that Elizabeth Lawrence wrote for The Charlotte Observer from 1957 to 1971. With those columns, a delightful blend of gardening lore, horticultural expertise, and personal adventures, Lawrence inspired thousands of southern gardeners. "[A] fine contribution to the green-thumb genre.--Publishers Weekly

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Review:

I have learned more about horticulture, plants, and garden history and literature from Elizabeth Lawrence than from any other . . . person.Katharine S. White in "Onward and Upward in the Garden" Lawrence is always inspiring. . . . both in the joy of gardening and more practical matters.Penelope Hobhouse, author of "Garden Style" YA fine contribution to the green-thumb genre."Publishers Weekly" "I have learned more about horticulture, plants, and garden history and literature from Elizabeth Lawrence than from any other . . . person.Katharine S. White in "Onward and Upward in the Garden"" "Lawrence is always inspiring. . . . both in the joy of gardening and more practical matters.Penelope Hobhouse, author of "Garden Style"" [A] fine contribution to the green-thumb genre."Publishers Weekly" This collection is a treasure."ALA Booklist"

From the Back Cover:

Through the Garden Gate is a collection of 144 of the popular weekly articles that Elizabeth Lawrence wrote for The Charlotte Observer from 1957-1971. With those columns, a delightful blend of gardening lore, horticultural expertise, and personal adventures, Lawrence inspired thousands of southern gardeners. This volume makes an important dimension of her work available to a new wider audience.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0807819077
• ISBN 13: 9780807819074
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Neal Bill