Fern House: A Year in an Artist's Garden

Deborah Schenck, Lauri Berkenkamp

Chronicle Books, Feb 1, 2001 - Gardening - 112 pages

A beautifully illustrated book, Fern House is a first person narrative about a year in Deborah Schenck's Vermont garden. Broken into four seasonal sections, her inspiring reflections on gardening are paired with her lush Polaroid transfers and soft watercolor illustrations. Each section features in introduction to gardening in that particular season and each page is a crystalized moment bringing the reader into the experience of gardening. This book will be a perfect gift for the artist and gardner alike.

About the author

Deborah Schenck likes to take walks with her husband and her golden retrievers, collecting berries and flowers along the way for use in her beautiful photographs. She was drawn several years ago to the process of "Polaroid transfer", by which a photographi

Lauri Berkenkamp a writer whose work has appeared widely in magazines and newspapers. She lives in Vermont.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fern House: A Year in an Artist's Garden
• Authors: Deborah Schenck, Lauri Berkenkamp
• Photographs by: Deborah Schenck
• author of text accompanying photos: Lauri Berkenkamp
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2001
• ISBN: 0811828352, 9780811828352
• Length: 112 pages
• Subjects: Gardening / Essays & Narratives