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Title: Eden on Their Minds: American Gardeners with Bold Visions by STARR OCKENGA ISBN: 0-609-60587-9 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 06 November, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Starr, Starr, How Does Your Garden Grow?
Comment: Starr Ockenga's newest book is called "Eden On Their Minds," a playful reference to the title of her recent companion volume, "Earth On Her Hands." Any gardener (or wanna-be) glancing through "Eden On Their Minds" will soon be transfixed...and transported.
I don't have a garden of my own - I have to rely on New York City's parks and mid-highway "malls" for my greenery. Somehow, though, Ockenga's gorgeous book takes me from concrete-bound trees to a world of sweet-smelling, dewy expanses of Iowa grass; the world of moss-hung live oaks lining a centuries-old Louisiana lane; the world of a sage-and-lavender-smelling "gravel garden" in New York State; the world of the proud almost haughty precision of Neville Bryan's Chicago flower garden. Magical.
This is the gift book I gave my mother for Christmas, knowing she would eat up every photograph. This is just the book for those frosty mid-winter nights when you lounge in your favorite armchair, surrounded by garish, boasting seed catalogs, planning your spring. "Eden On Their Minds" is a book that invokes new life, encourages those of us with less than a green thumb, and reminds us that the Earth is struggling to amaze our humble human species, even as we pollute and destroy and ravage.
A helpful addition at the end of every chapter is a list of the plants grown in that chapter's featured garden; both common and botanical names are given, along with a brief description of the plant. An excellent index completes the book.
Starr Ockenga's latest book does amaze us. If you are not already a gardener, after reading this book you will want to be one when you grow up.
Rating: 5
Summary: A respite from gray winter days
Comment: As we await the arrival of the first of the spring catalogues,three of my gardening friends and I have been purusing the contents of Starr Ockenga's wonderful new book, Eden on Their Minds, marvelling that the author has come up with a gem equal to its companion book, Earth on Her Hands. Whether we are consulting the wealth of information contained in the detailed plant lists; being transported from the cold and dark of winter by the breathtaking images of Eden that fill the book; daring through the inspiration of these visions to be more adventurous in our own gardens; or imagining a conversation with any one of the gardeners who are introduced to us so engagingly in striking black & white photographs, we agree that this book--a bargain at its retail price, not to mention the [Amazon.com] price--deserves its honored place on our horticultural library's shelves and on our laps as we meet, talk about gardening, and look forward to spring!
Rating: 5
Summary: The Perfect Gift!
Comment: I just bought this book for my wife, an avid gardener, for her birthday. I had no idea if she would like it, but based on the publisher's write-up and the contents I thought she might enjoy it. Well I hit a home run! Not only did my wife love the book, but apparently she has another book by this same author. Now we are all happy, my wife loves this book and I scored some brownie points for "paying attention" to my wife's likes and needs!
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Title: Earth on Her Hands : The American Woman in Her Garden by Starr Ockenga ISBN: 0517705613 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 20 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Amaryllis by Starr Ockenga ISBN: 0609608819 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Ken Druse: The Passion for Gardening by Ken Druse, Adam Levine ISBN: 0517707888 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Shocking Beauty: Thomas Hobbs' Innovative Garden Vision by Thomas Hobbs ISBN: 9625935428 Publisher: Periplus Editions Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Landscape With Roses: Gardens, Walkways, Arbors, Containers by Jeff Cox, Jerry Pavia ISBN: 1561583820 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 09 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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