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A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler (16-May-2011) Paperback
In this book the author describes the way her garden evolved and how, without meaning to do so, she let it take over her life. She suggests moving away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the mentality of a stamp-collector. Frequently funny and always stimulating, she writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the 19th-century plant-collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with their hollyhocks.
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June 15, 2025
Book 3 of my 20 Books of Summer 2025
As a keen gardener myself, I loved this!! I found myself nodding along with many of the authors ramblings and musings over gardening, the do's and don'ts and her general outlook on gardening.
She has a brilliant way with words and she doesn't mind saying what she thinks, and believe me she has an opinion on a lot of things!! She looks into the different aspects of gardening, the plant hunters and history of gardens and how they evolved, and how mindsets have changed over the years - all with humour.
she talks about her own garden, and how she and her husband worked together, and I can just imagine that she would have been someone I'd loved to have had a chat with - she died in 2016 - and I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.
As a keen gardener myself, I loved this!! I found myself nodding along with many of the authors ramblings and musings over gardening, the do's and don'ts and her general outlook on gardening.
She has a brilliant way with words and she doesn't mind saying what she thinks, and believe me she has an opinion on a lot of things!! She looks into the different aspects of gardening, the plant hunters and history of gardens and how they evolved, and how mindsets have changed over the years - all with humour.
she talks about her own garden, and how she and her husband worked together, and I can just imagine that she would have been someone I'd loved to have had a chat with - she died in 2016 - and I'm looking forward to reading more of her work.
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