Hollyhock Days: Garden Adventures for the Young at Heart

by Sharon Lovejoy

Describes the pleasures of gardening, and discusses compost, bulbs, garden planning, mulberries, butterflies, carrots, toads, spiders, lady bugs, and hummingbirds

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Childrens

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Naturalist, author, and illustrator Sharon Lovejoy’s passion for nature led her to a lifetime of cultivating wonder for grown-ups and children. Her honors include the National Outdoor Book Award for Children’s Literature, 2010 Gold Award from National Parenting Publications, the key to the city of Indianapolis for her work with youth, numerous Garden Writer’s Association awards, and one of the Best Chapter Books Pick by the International Reading Association for her novel Running Out of Night.

As a graduate with Distinction in Art from San Diego State University, Sharon successfully combined her training in art with her love of botany, natural science and history. She worked as a docent naturalist for the Morro Bay Museum of Natural History and for the Smithsonian Institution in the lagoons of Baja, California. Sharon founded Heart's Ease Herb Shop & Gardens in Cambria, California, which gained international acclaim and was featured in numerous books, magazines, and newspapers throughout the world.

Sharon has lectured throughout the United States for over twenty years. She speaks at conferences, educational symposia, museums, botanic gardens, arboreta, and for professional trade associations, libraries, schools, STEM, universities, and gardening organizations.

For 13 years she wrote an award winning column for Country Living GARDENER magazine that was distributed through Canada by The New York Times Syndicate. Sharon is past President of the International Herb Association. She served on the Youth Garden Advisory Panel for the American Horticultural Society and the Advisory Board of KidsGardening.org. Her other professional affiliations include Garden Writers Association, The Authors Guild, Inc., Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.

Reviews

[Dawn Brinks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great tips for beginner gardeners and some for seasoned gardeners too. Beautifully written and illustrated.
As I love to share the magic of a garden with kids, I loved that Sharon included the Plato quote "The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things."

[Mollie *scoutrmom* · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too cutesy to be enjoyable.

[Julie Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

My book is well worn! I enjoy her style as she brings me back to my own childhood.