Paradise under Glass : an amateur creates a conservatory garden. By Ruth Kassinger 2010. This is a library book donated by Jasper and Cynthia Daube (they are lovely patrons and supporters of the Library). And this is a wonderful book - a good read, interesting, informative and funny. Ruth wandered into the US Botanic Garden conservatory in Washington DC and decided she needed to learn how to garden. Mind you that is a very impressive site/sight. I have been there many times and love it! I understand the wow factor and the desire to go right home and recreate something. But she couldn't even grow house plants! At the same time she needed a passion and a refuge.
Of special interest, it gives an history of greenhouses, orangeries, follies, fernieries, etc. NB this photo is of a flock of sculptured sheep grazing on a NE town meadow.....
Hi. This is the author. Thanks for the nice review! Love those sheep -- do you know where in NE they are?
ReplyDeleteYes, those sheep are made out of Barbed Wire (yankee recycling!) and are on the lawn in front of the Stowe Public Library!! The town is having sculptures in public places and the Library has five or six.
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