Plants and People and Lessons Learned in the Dirt
Popular garden columnist, lecturer and coach Colleen Plimpton has written a unique gardening memoir filled with funny, sad, touching and memorable stories of her years of digging in the dirt, the many people who nurtured her interest from childhood, and the unexpected life lessons she learned from morning glories, lilacs, potatoes, and even dandelions. Each chapter concludes with a detailed profile of the plant or woodland creature around which the story revolved.
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Mentors in the Garden of Life has received numerous awards, among them:
* 2011 Connecticut Book Award Finalist in the Memoir category
* The 2011 International Book Awards winner, Home: Gardening category
* Best Books 2010 Awards Finalist, Home: Gardening, from USABookNews.com
Mentors in the Garden of Life
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Book Details
Author(s)Colleen Plimpton
PublisherPark East Press, Inc.
ISBN / ASIN0982529201
ISBN-139780982529201
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,288,452
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸