A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

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A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

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Part of Bloomsbury Gardening Classics series

Summary

These horticultural reflections by Mirabel Osler describe how her garden evolved and how, without meaning to, she let it take over her life. Along the way, she muses on, and returns to, many themes. Principal among these is her "gentle plea for chaos", for a move away from planning.

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A Gentle Plea for Chaos by Mirabel Osler

This volume contains the horticultural reflections of Mirabel Osler. She describes how her garden evolved and how, without meaning to, she let it take over her life. Along the way, she muses on, and returns to, many themes. Principal among these is her "gentle plea for chaos", for a move away from planning, regimentation and gardening with the mentality of a stamp collector. Osler writes of the alchemy of gardens, of the 19th-century plant collectors and plant illustrators and of the gardening philosophers, all fertilizing great thoughts along with their hollyhocks.

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ISBN 13 9780747534167
ISBN 10 0747534160
Title A Gentle Plea for Chaos
Author Mirabel Osler
Series Bloomsbury Gardening Classics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1997-09-19
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.