Dirt: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style
by Dianne Benson
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Author: Dianne BensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-07-24
ISBN: 0595004911
Number of pages: 388
Publisher: iUniverse
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Book Review: So much more than a typical garden primer
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't even remember how I found out about this book. I bought a used copy on Amazon about a year ago and am today ordering another copy as mine is falling apart and diry from being used outside. I couldn't garden without it in my Zone 7 shady garden with horrible clay soil. Along with the basics on gardening it is a personal, opinionated account of creating a garden. I may not ever grow the exotic tropicals Ms. Benson loves(I am too lazy to dig them up for the winter) but there is so much information in this book on what to grow, how to do it and what to combine it with you are sure to find something you love. Be aware that there are no lush color photographs, just some black and whites and line drawings. Love it, Love it, Love it!
Summary of Dirt: The Lowdown on Growing a Garden with Style
This is an Authors Guild/BIP title. Please use Author's Guild/BIP specs. Author Bio: Designer, writer, lecturer, and once-owner of four highly innovative fashion stores called Dianne B., Dianne Benson has been described as "A woman of fashion, a fabulous purveyor of words, stance, and attitude." She took up gardening with a fervor twelve years ago at the East Hampton home she shares with her husband and their dogs. Book description: Dirt digs with humor and depth into the fine art of gardening with a highly unique style. With unrestrained excess, style-setter Dianne Benson has written a gardening primer so vivid and memorable that one of her fans lliteraly compared it to the Bible. Everything you need to know-from what to plant to what to wear.Gardening & Horticulture Books
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