An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

The story of how land can blossom—literally—with proper management.

Twenty-five years ago Mitchell cut down a 1 1/2-acre stand of 75-year-old white pines and planted a garden in their place. AN EDEN OF SORTS is a history of the plants and animals that lived on the tract over the next decades, including two generations of half-wild children! What started out as a plot with no more that five or six flowering plants and shrubs, over the years grew into more than a thousand species of plants and animals inhabiting the property. This is a paradoxical yet hopeful narrative of what can happen to a plot of land when it is properly managed.

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An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

The story of how land can blossom—literally—with proper management.

Twenty-five years ago Mitchell cut down a 1 1/2-acre stand of 75-year-old white pines and planted a garden in their place. AN EDEN OF SORTS is a history of the plants and animals that lived on the tract over the next decades, including two generations of half-wild children! What started out as a plot with no more that five or six flowering plants and shrubs, over the years grew into more than a thousand species of plants and animals inhabiting the property. This is a paradoxical yet hopeful narrative of what can happen to a plot of land when it is properly managed.

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An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

by John Hanson Mitchell
An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

An Eden of Sorts: The Natural History of My Feral Garden

by John Hanson Mitchell

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The story of how land can blossom—literally—with proper management.

Twenty-five years ago Mitchell cut down a 1 1/2-acre stand of 75-year-old white pines and planted a garden in their place. AN EDEN OF SORTS is a history of the plants and animals that lived on the tract over the next decades, including two generations of half-wild children! What started out as a plot with no more that five or six flowering plants and shrubs, over the years grew into more than a thousand species of plants and animals inhabiting the property. This is a paradoxical yet hopeful narrative of what can happen to a plot of land when it is properly managed.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781581577389
Publisher: Countryman Press, The
Publication date: 07/28/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 200
File size: 6 MB

About the Author

John Hanson Mitchell is the author of several books, including A Field Guide to Your Own Backyard (Countryman) and Ceremonial Time, and the editor of the award-winning natural history/environmental journal Sanctuary, published by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. He lives and gardens in Littleton, MA.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Vicarage Garden xii

1 Scratch Flat 1

2 The Mead 17

3 The Wildwood 35

4 The Bishop's Close 61

5 The Lady Garden 79

6 Frog Pond 105

7 The Labyrinth 119

8 The Ecology of the Potting Shed 137

9 The Swan Cottage 151

Epilogue 167

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