Garden & Homestead
Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
Gertrude Jekyll · narrated by LibriVox volunteers
7h 59m$1.99
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Gertrude Jekyll changed how the world plants a garden. In this beloved 1899 classic, the great English garden designer walks her own Surrey acres month by month: drifts of color, woodland edges, the discipline of pruning, the joy of a border done right. She calls herself a working amateur, but every page carries a master's eye and a craftsman's honesty about failures as well as triumphs. Gardeners still mine these notes for ideas more than a century on. Walk the year with her and see your own garden differently.
Inside this audiobook
26 chapters
- 1CHAPTER I Introductory10m
- 2CHAPTER II January21m
- 3CHAPTER III February22m
- 4CHAPTER IV March24m
- 5CHAPTER V April24m
- 6CHAPTER VI Part One May21m
- 7CHAPTER VI Part Two May14m
- 8CHAPTER VII June20m
- 9CHAPTER VIII July19m
- 10CHAPTER IX August20m
- 11CHAPTER X September27m
- 12CHAPTER XI Part One October14m
- 13CHAPTER XI Part Two October18m
- 14CHAPTER XII November22m
- 15CHAPTER XIII December23m
- 16CHAPTER XIV Large and Small Gardens27m
- 17CHAPTER XV Beginning and Learning19m
- 18CHAPTER XVI The Flower-Border and Pergola26m
- 19CHAPTER XVII The Primrose Garden8m
- 20CHAPTER XVIII Colours of Flowers13m
- 21CHAPTER XIX The Scents of the Garden20m
- 22CHAPTER XX The Worship of False Gods14m
- 23CHAPTER XXI Novelty and Variety11m
- 24CHAPTER XXII Weeds and Pests12m
- 25CHAPTER XXIII The Bedding Fashion and Its Influence12m
- 26CHAPTER XXIV Masters and Men17m
