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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... Carl , and Wade were hot on his heels , cameras clicking , following by the two back - stragglers of the group , Tony and me . “ Look at these orchids ! " Cameron cried , aiming his own small digital camera . " These extraordinary ...
... Carl , and Wade were hot on his heels , cameras clicking , following by the two back - stragglers of the group , Tony and me . “ Look at these orchids ! " Cameron cried , aiming his own small digital camera . " These extraordinary ...
Page 251
... Carl , and Wade had laid back to botanize the grasslands while Hans and I struggled to keep pace with the head man . Hans was wearing a T - shirt that read SEND IN THE CLONES . The other nerds had been remarkably patient with my ...
... Carl , and Wade had laid back to botanize the grasslands while Hans and I struggled to keep pace with the head man . Hans was wearing a T - shirt that read SEND IN THE CLONES . The other nerds had been remarkably patient with my ...
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... Carl was growing his own exotic plants in a green- house his father built from the windows of a bank building taken down in San Antonio . " My mom and grandmother and I began growing or- chids . None of my friends really understood the ...
... Carl was growing his own exotic plants in a green- house his father built from the windows of a bank building taken down in San Antonio . " My mom and grandmother and I began growing or- chids . None of my friends really understood the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Slightly Off in the Woods | 9 |
Chapter 2 | 23 |
Copyright | |
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