Book: Who Does Your Garden Grow "Who Does Your Garden Grow" traces the background of more than 100 famous plant cultivars. The book describes the plants, how they came about, and the many talented people they commemorate. (Gardening/Horticulture)
This book tells the stories behind the plants, describing them and the many people who live on as plants in our gardens. It is the paperbound, North American edition of the well-known British book. Who Does Your Garden Grow traces the background of over a hundred famous plant cultivars. The book describes the plants, how they came about, and the many talented people they commemorate. How did a French dressmaker's obstinacy bring her immortality? What well-known plant do we owe to a pulled train stop signal? Why should the Bishop of Llandaff be a scarlet dahlia?
Details of Book: Who Does Your Garden Grow Book: Who Does Your Garden Grow
Author: Alex Pankhurst, Alex Pankhurst, Betty Barr Mackey
ISBN: 1893443086
ISBN-13: 9781893443082
, 978-1893443082
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Sep 2006
Publisher: B. B.mackey Books
Number of Pages: 168
Language: English