A Place All Our Own - Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden

Informationen zum Autor Mary Irish is a garden writer, lecturer, and educator who lived in Arizona for 25 years. She is the author of many books, including Gardening in the Desert (also published by the University of Arizona Press). For more than a decade, she served as the Director of Public Horticulture at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. She has been a gardening columnist for the Arizona Republic newspaper and has served as a consultant on many large-scale landscaping projects. She now teaches classes and conducts workshops on a wide variety of topics in desert gardening. Klappentext For twenty years Mary Irish, along with her husband Gary, tended a garden in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the years they transformed it into a lively and lovely spot that reflected both its place in the and the particular passions of its two creators. With grace, wit, and obvious affection, Mary tells the story of how she and Gary transformed a barren half-acre plot around their house in the centre of Greater Phoenix into a haven.. Zusammenfassung "Lives entwined in a desert garden"--Cover.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Irish, Mary F. Irish
• Assisted by: Gary Irish (Photographs)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780816512829
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-1282-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Home improvement, DIY; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works