- Publisher:
- VINTAGE
- Year of publication:
- 2002
- ISBN:
- 978-0-375-75945-1
- Pages:
- 320
GREEN THOUGHTS
A WRITER IN THE GARDEN
ELEANOR PERENYI
Unlike any other gardening book I know, with its Old World charm, its down-to-earth practicality, its whimsy and sophistication.Brooke Astor, The New York Times Book ReviewA classic in the literature of the garden, Green Thoughts is a beautifully written and highly original collection of seventy-two essays, alphabetically arranged, on topics ranging from Annuals and Artichokes to Weeds and Wildflowers. An amateur gardener for over thirty years, Eleanor Perényi draws upon her wide-ranging knowledge of gardening lore to create a delightful, witty blend of how-to advice, informed opinion, historical insight, and philosophical musing. There are entries in praise of earthworms and in protest of rock gardens, a treatise on the sexual politics of tending plants, and a paean to the salubrious effect of gardening (see Longevity ). Twenty years after its initial publication, Green Thoughts remains as much a joy to read as ever. This Modern Library edition is published with a new Introduction by Allen Lacy, former gardening columnist for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and the author of numerous gardening books.You do not have to be a good gardener to fall in love with Green Thoughts. It reads with the intrepid assurance of a classic.Mary McCarthy, The New York Review of BooksOne of those dangerous reference works that you reach for at a moment of horticultural crisis or indecision only to find yourself an hour later browsing far beyond the page where you began.The New Yorker
