Beautiful Madness: One Man's Journey Through Other People's GardensDuring a year of living botanically, Dodson goes behind the scenes of the world's two most important garden shows, spends time with the Botticelli of Bulbs, meets a man smuggling exotic day lilies, and hangs out with three of the most accomplished gardening fanatics on earth. |
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... laughed and shook her head . " Oh , that . The gardener did it . " I was even more shocked than being fingered as that day's speaker . " It happened a while back . I'm fine now . The poor man was working for me as a part - time gardener ...
... laughed and shook her head . " Oh , that . The gardener did it . " I was even more shocked than being fingered as that day's speaker . " It happened a while back . I'm fine now . The poor man was working for me as a part - time gardener ...
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... laughed . “ I've never seen a plant yet I couldn't find a way to kill . ” His own working motto was nearly as amusing : " I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself at least three times . " This was music to my ears ...
... laughed . “ I've never seen a plant yet I couldn't find a way to kill . ” His own working motto was nearly as amusing : " I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself at least three times . " This was music to my ears ...
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... laughed and shook his head . " Oh yes . There will be bulbs . Plenty of them . " He explained that he'd already ordered fifteen hundred spring bulbs and would have his pots dutifully planted by Veterans Day . " I'm going back to my ...
... laughed and shook his head . " Oh yes . There will be bulbs . Plenty of them . " He explained that he'd already ordered fifteen hundred spring bulbs and would have his pots dutifully planted by Veterans Day . " I'm going back to my ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Slightly Off in the Woods | 9 |
Chapter 2 | 23 |
Copyright | |
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