No One Gardens Alone by Emily Herring Wilson
As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast:
No One Gardens Alone by Emily Herring Wilson
This book came out in 2004, and the subtitle is A Life of Elizabeth Lawrence.
Oh, dear gardener, how we love Elizabeth Lawrence, a Southern rose, a garden goddess, her life a tapestry woven with green threads and fragrant blooms. Behind the serene façade of her beloved garden, a world of contradictions bloomed. A daughter, a writer, a landscape architect, a poet, and a friend to literary luminaries, she was a woman of many parts, a chameleon of the soil.
Her story, like a delicate vine, has entwined itself with the history of Southern gardening. From the pages of her books, her words, like seeds, have taken root in countless hearts, inspiring generations to cultivate their own paradises. Yet, beneath the surface of her public persona, a private world existed, a garden of secrets and complexities.
Emily Herring Wilson, with a gardener's patience and a writer's eye, has unearthed this hidden treasure. In No One Gardens Alone, she invites us into Lawrence's world, a world of sun-drenched gardens, fragrant blossoms, and a woman who defied expectations.
So, let us embark on this horticultural journey, a pilgrimage to the heart of a Southern garden, where the secrets of Elizabeth Lawrence await.
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