Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden

by Whaley, Emily

• ISBN13: 9781565121157
• ISBN10: 1565121155
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-03
• Publisher: Algonquin Books

Summary

In conversation with William Baldwin. Emily Whaley's garden on Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina, may be the most visited private garden in the country. And no wonder. It is the life's work of a vibrant, sociable, opinionated, determined, forceful woman who has spent the last eighty-five years cultivating whatever life offered her. MRS. WHALEY AND HER CHARLESTON GARDEN captures and preserves Emily Whaley's distinctive voice and braces us with a clear understanding of how one might cultivate a practical personal philosophy alongside one's garden. "An ageless and captivating visit." --Publishers Weekly; "South Carolina gardener grows into phenom." --USA Today, cover story; "Emily Whaley is wonderful, both in and out of her garden."--Rosemary Verey, author of THE AMERICAN WOMAN'S GARDEN. As seen on CBS Sunday Morning. Now in its 6th printing.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
William Baldwin
GARDENING
To Begin	3	(4)
Junior	7	(8)
Mr. Briggs	15	(10)
The Belvidere Garden	25	(8)
A Gardening Glossary	33	(14)
My Garden	47	(32)
REMEMBERING
Nan	79	(8)
Dad	87	(14)
The Pinopolis Garden	101	(10)
The Pinopolis Parlor	111	(14)
Pinopolis Memories	125	(8)
School	133	(16)
Tennis	149	(12)
LIVING
Ben	161	(10)
Social Life	171	(10)
Preservation	181	(8)
Cooking	189	(16)
Rosie	205	(4)
Self-Esteem	209	(2)
To Conclude	211	(10)
An Appendix of Garden Do's and Don'ts	221