Bibliograph

Mister Owita's guide to gardening, how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb and an open heart, Carol Wall

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Mister Owita's guide to gardening, how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb and an open heart, Carol Wall

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mister Owita's guide to gardening

Oclc number

858975473

Responsibility statement

Carol Wall

Sub title

how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb and an open heart

Summary

Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author's life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets

Table Of Contents

Garden angel -- Of particular beauty are the azaleas -- A rose between two thorns -- A promising blade of grass -- Anticipated blooms -- Approaching systems -- The canopy of the yukon gold potato -- Every yard must have its flowers -- Shades of white -- The perfect Christmas tree -- Frail magnolia -- Lemon -- A pretty sky -- Potted plants and fresh flowers -- Green plants, only -- Impatiens -- Gardening seminars -- Snow -- Tomato plants -- Seedlings -- The river -- An awkward path -- The lilies of the field -- Rolling waters -- All the things he loved

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