Author: Vicki Baylis
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1642580635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153
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Welcome to Depot, Mississippi. You will see a town peppered with white picket fences, a church on almost every corner, and the most friendly, down-to-earth people around. If you stay long enough, you will feel right at home, but if you break the law, you will run into its best kept secret""the Garden Club. Depot's Garden Club was a group in plain sight and yet invisible at the same time. Whether one needed a cup of sugar, fashion advice, or help burying a body, you can always count on these women to keep the town running smoothly. If you don't believe it, just ask Maybelle Pickett. She was known for one thing and one thing only""gossip. In fact, she was downright good at it. If you wanted to know anything about anybody in her town, all you needed to do was sit on her front porch and rock a spell. There are always three sides to every story. In Depot, Mississippi, it depends on who you ask. If you want the facts, ask the townspeople. If you want a juicy story, ask Maybelle Pickett. But if you want the truth, you will need to wait for the rose.
Author: Margaret Roach
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604698772
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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“A Way to Garden prods us toward that ineffable place where we feel we belong; it’s a guide to living both in and out of the garden.” —The New York Times Book Review For Margaret Roach, gardening is more than a hobby, it’s a calling. Her unique approach, which she calls “horticultural how-to and woo-woo,” is a blend of vital information you need to memorize and intuitive steps you must simply feel and surrender to. In A Way to Garden, Roach imparts decades of garden wisdom on seasonal gardening, ornamental plants, vegetable gardening, design, gardening for wildlife, organic practices, and much more. She also challenges gardeners to think beyond their garden borders and to consider the ways gardening can enrich the world. Brimming with beautiful photographs of Roach’s own garden, A Way to Garden is practical, inspiring, and a must-have for every passionate gardener.
Author: Nancy D'Oench
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810972803
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Photos of more than 90 exquisite gardens from around the United States are organized according to parts of the garden--entryways, herbaceous borders, water features, hedges, etc.--and are accompanied by insightful commentaries and extended captions. Quotations from the owners offer an additional source of inspiration to any garden lover.Abrams
Author: Graham Landrum
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466880104
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
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Picking up from an unfinished manuscript of his late father, Graham Gordon Landrum, Robert Graham Landrum follows the further adventures of the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the quiet little town of Borderville, Tennessee. When Mrs. Marguerite Claymore, a leading horticulturist, is found bludgeoned to death in her garden, the residents of Borderville are up in arms. A respected member of society noted for her many contributions, Mrs. Claymore seems to have been the least likely candidate for such a terrible crime. It appears that Mrs. Claymore interrupted a thief in the process of looting her house. A teenage boy stands accused of the crime, and his family enlists the spunky octogenarian sleuth Harriet Bushrow to clear his name. Harriet soon finds several people from Mrs. Claymore's past who may have had a reason to do away with the often cantankerous and dictatorial old woman. A string of unsolved robberies may also be connected. In The Garden Club Mystery, Robert Landrum pays a unique tribute to his father by co-creating the magic of the fictional town of Borderville and its much-loved characters.
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 960
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Author: Anthony Eglin
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429923849
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Can Lawrence Kingston unearth the key to a deadly secret hidden by a mysterious ancient garden inscription in the newest English Garden Mystery? Codebreakers have tried for centuries to decipher the enigmatic inscription on a strange monument in the garden at Sturminster Hall, but no one has ever succeeded. When a murder occurs on the garden grounds, the intellectual puzzle becomes all too real, and Dr. Lawrence Kingston—retired professor of botany and reluctant sleuth—is called in to investigate. Other than a scrap of paper bearing a random sequence of letters found on the victim, the police have no meaningful clues. Convinced that the crime must be linked to the seemingly unbreakable centuries-old code, Kingston begins hunting for clues that will help him unmask the murderer's identity as well as the arcane mystery of the monument. But he quickly finds himself swept along in the dangerous undertow of a centuries' old family conflict and a second murder, by poisoning. What could be so valuable, so important to justify such extreme measures and complex codes to keep sacrosanct for over two centuries? To unlock the garden's dark secret, Kingston must delve into the brilliant minds of three famous men to fathom what part each may have played in masterminding the riddle: an Admiral hailed as father of Britain's navy, the author of England's most celebrated poem, and Great Britain's first Prime Minister. But as Kingston's investigation into an England's past leads him closer to a killer in the very dangerous present, his own prospects for survival start to look less and less assured.
Author: Louisa Pringle Cameron
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
ISBN: 9780941711784
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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A stunning tour with the owners of many of historic Charleston's most beautiful, but rarely seen, private gardens.
Author: Margaret Eileen Meredith
Publisher: Inner City Books
ISBN: 9781894574129
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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This fascinating study grew out of the author's abiding interest in gardening as a metaphor for the process of individuation.
Author: Amy Patricia Meade
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1448302293
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Tish Tarragon’s preparations for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards luncheon are threatened when one of the prime contenders is murdered. Literary caterer Letitia ‘Tish’ Tarragon is preparing her English Secret Garden-themed luncheon for Coleton Creek’s annual garden club awards, but when she is taken on a tour of some of the top contenders with the garden club’s president, Jim Ainsley, Tish is surprised at how seriously the residents take the awards – and how desperate they are to win. Wealthy, retired businessman Sloane Shackleford has won the coveted best garden category five years in a row, but he and his Bichon Frise, Biscuit, are universally despised. When Sloane’s bludgeoned body is discovered in his pristine garden, Tish soon learns that he was disliked for reasons that go beyond his green fingers. Have the hotly contested awards brought out a competitive and murderous streak in one of the residents?
Author: Marta McDowell
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604699906
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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Marta McDowell returns with a beautiful, gift-worthy account of how plants and gardening deepy inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of the beloved children's classic The Secret Garden.
