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Garden journals have become popular during the last few years. This is probably because so much gardening literature on the "how-to-do-it" theme has been produced that it's now time to contemplate what gardening is and how we feel about it.
Abbie Zabar's A Growing Gardener is an unusual narrative. The joy of this book is contained in the numerous tiny books within the journal itself, and all are decorated with the author's art. In fact, Zabar is an award-winning artist and designer whose artwork is in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, one of the foremost resources of botanical art in the world. One little book shows a picture of her garden, another gives her recipe for "Owl and Pussycat Preserves," yet another gives instructions for making a covered garden seat.
Here, Zabar shares her practical truths that are at the heart of everyone's gardening experience. Readers will find particularly interesting her views on garden books, birds, pots, garden seats, and keeping a garden journal.
Zabar's rich wisdom will inspire all gardeners to cultivate their lives with newfound observations and serenity.
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