The Wild Garden
- ISBN-10
- 0881929557
- ISBN-13
- 9780881929553
- Series
- The Wild Garden
- Category
- Gardening
- Pages
- 355
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Publisher
- Timber Press (OR)
- Author
- William Robinson
Description
Featuring new chapters and photography, a rerelease of an 1870 classic on naturalistic gardens that blend hardy native and exotic plants in groupings that mimic wild landscapes incorporates modern explanations of the original author's vision and its relevance to today's world.
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- 2015-02-08
- 220 pages
- Paperback
- Scholar's Choice
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