A Garden From A Hundred Packets Of Seed

by Fenton, James

• ISBN13: 9780374528775
• ISBN10: 0374528772
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-04-20
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Summary

"An engaging mix of the serious and the playful, and Fenton writes with a lightness of touch perfectly suited to the subject." --Alexander Urquhart, The Times Literary Supplement Forget structure. Forget trees, shrubs, and perennials. As James Fenton writes, "This is not a book about huge projects. It is about thinking your way toward the essential flower garden, by the most traditional of routes: planting some seeds and seeing how they grow." In this light hearted, instructive, original "game of lists," Fenton selects one hundred plants he would choose to grow from seed. Flowers for color, size, and exotic interest; herbs and meadow flowers; climbing vines, tropical species--Fenton describes readily available varieties, and tells how to acquire and grow them. Here is a happy, stylish, unpretentious, and thought-provoking gardening book that will beguile and inspire both novice and expert alike.

Author Biography

James Fenton is a poet, critic, and gardener. From 1994 to 1999 he was Professor of Poetry at Oxford, where he has created a noted garden. He writes about poetry, art history, and gardening for the New York Review of Books.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Flowers and Their Colors	p. 13
Flowers for Their Size	p. 23
Flowers That Hop Around	p. 31
Flowers for Cutting	p. 39
The Perennial Prejudice	p. 47
Useful and Decorative Herbs	p. 55
The Micro-Meadow	p. 63
The Poppy Festival	p. 75
Climbers on Impulse	p. 83
For the Tropical Look	p. 91
As an Afterthought	p. 99
The Rest of the Kit	p. 107
When Raising Plants from Seed	p. 113
The Seed List	p. 117
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