Cultivating Delight: A Natural History Of My Garden

Diane Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugarwater to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance a swell as the sanctuary it offers.

Her garden nourishes its creator who imaginatively returns the favor, and seizes privileged moments to leap from science and metaphor to meditation on the human condition. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, Cultivating Delight is a hymn to nature and the pleasure we take in it.

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A fascinating tour of plant mythology and fact ...[Ackerman] plays both sleuth and poet.

Author : Diane Ackerman

Publisher : Harper Perennial

Published Year : 2002-10-01

Edition : Reprint

Format : Paperback, 272 pages

Dimensions : 7.92 (w) x 10.92 (h) x 0.67 (d)

ISBN : 0060505362

ISBN13 : 9780060505363

Overview :

In the mode of her bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugar water to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary her garden offers.

Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, Cultivating Delight is a hymn to nature and to the pleasure we take in it.