{"product_id":"eden-on-their-minds-american-gardeners-with-bold-visions-9780609605875","title":"Eden on Their Minds: American Gardeners with Bold Visions","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat distinguishes a great garden from one that is merely beautiful? In her triumphant follow-up to the award-winning Earth on Her Hands  Starr Ockenga illustrates how a diverse group of visionary American plantsmen and women have taken risks  pushed boundaries  and stretched traditions to create distinctive  idiosyncratic gardens. Boldly conceived and boldly executed  these 21 gardens are highly personal interpretations of paradise.  Each of the gardens bears the indelible stamp of the individual. Paul Helds Connecticut garden reflects his passion for the Japanese Sakurasoh  a variety of primula he propagates from seed. Marlyn Sachtjens Wisconsin property is a sanctuary for the magnificent trees she has termed \"majesties.\" In his Illinois garden  Justin Harper collects and propagates rare conifers  and in a New York penthouse Mark Brambles obsession is orchids. Artists such as Sarah Draney in upstate New York and Marcia Donahue in northern California have conceived landscapes that serve as the ideal settings for their own works  while Richard Reames forms living trees into unique arborsculpture in Oregon. William Woys Weaver and husband-wife team Karen Strohbeen and Bill Luchsinger use their Pennsylvania and Iowa gardens as laboratories for ongoing experimentation in heirloom vegetable cultivation and ambitious perennial gardening.  From the making of welcoming garden rooms densely planted with exotic flowers and foliage to sprawling landscapes featuring drifts of native plants in their natural habitats  these gardens represent a personal vision of Eden for each of their creators. Intimate portraits of the gardeners themselves and invaluable lists of the plants and techniques these innovators have devised over years and decades of gardening make this a useful and memorable addition to any gardeners library.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648170418229,"sku":"ByrdShop_0609605879","price":22.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780609605875.jpg?v=1781711425","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/eden-on-their-minds-american-gardeners-with-bold-visions-9780609605875","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}