Emily Dickinson's gardening life : the plants & places that inspired the iconic poet

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Emily Dickinson was a keen observer of the natural world, but less well known is the fact that she was also an avid gardener-sending fresh bouquets to friends, including pressed flowers in her letters, and studying botany at Amherst Academy and Mount Holyoke. At her family home, she tended both a small glass conservatory and a flower garden. In Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, award-winning author Marta McDowell explores Dickinson's deep passion...

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ISBN:

9781604698220

Edition:

Revised edition

Description:

267 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Preface to the revised edition
Introduction
The turning of the year
Early spring : A gardener's home and family
Late spring : The education of a gardener
Early summer : A gardener's travels
Midsummer : A gardener's ground
Late summer : A hedge away
Autumn : A gardener's town
Winter : Requiem for a gardener
A poet's gardens
Planting a poet's garden
visiting a poet's garden
An annotated list of Emily Dickinson's plants
Afterword
Sources and citations
A note on the botanical artists
Acknowledgements
Photo and illustration credits
Index

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3094948

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Revision of: McDowell, Marta. Emily Dickinson's gardens

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