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edition:eBook
category: Gardening
published: Jan 2012
ISBN:9781926685489
publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
imprint: Greystone Books

Passionate Gardener, The

Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb

by Des Kennedy

tagged: personal memoirs, essays
Description

The 13 short pieces featured in Passionate Gardener roam widely and wildly, examining, among other things, common idiosyncrasies and the collective chaos of garden clubs, the host of psychopathologies that afflict "plants people," and obsessive-compulsive behavior such as the chronic moving of plants. This is an irreverent exploration of the fierce attachment so many people develop to the potty world of peat moss and perennials.

About the Author

Des Kennedy is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, author and environmental activist. He is the author of four books of essays including a memoir, The Passionate Gardener (Greystone Books, 2006), and three novels including Climbing Patrick's Mountain (Brindle & Glass, 2009). Noted as one of the most influential personalities on the Canadian gardening scene, Kennedy writes a regular column for BCLiving magazine and has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail. He lives on Denman Island, BC.

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