TASHA TUDOR'S GARDEN Tovah Martin ILLUS Richard W. Brown HC DJ 1st Ed. Signed D

Description: TASHA TUDOR'S GARDEN by TOVAY MARTIN Photographs by RICHARD W. BROWN ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket; 160 pages; Size Approx. 8 3/4 X 10 3/4. Published by Houghton Mifflin; copyright 1994, First Edition. Details: "Tasha Tudor's poignant art has fascinated adults and children for decades. Her nineteenth-century New England lifestyle is legendary. Gardeners are especially intrigued by the profusion of antique flowers -- spectacular poppies, six-foot foxgloves, and intoxicating peonies -- in the cottage gardens surrounding her hand-hewn house. Until now we've only caught glimpses of Tasha Tudor's landscape. In this gorgeous book, two of her friends, the garden writer Tovah Martin and the photographer Richard Brown, take us into the magical garden and then behind the scenes. As we revel in the bedlam of Johnny-jump-ups and cinnamon pinks, the intricacy of the formal peony garden, and the voluptuousness of her heirloom roses, we also learn Tasha's gardening secrets. How does she coax forth her finicky camellia blossoms in the dead of a Vermont winter? How does she train that fantastic topiary to model for her artwork? How can she keep her crown imperials from tumbling in the winds? Tasha's garden reflects a wealth of family lore, perfected through years and years of working the soil. We may be dazzled by the beauty of the garden, but we come away from this book with practical ideas about improving our own plots of land. 'Paradise on earth' is how Tasha describes her garden, and along with the flowers and the vegetables that provide her food, her paradise is filled with an enchanting menagerie -- corgies, Nubian goats, cats, chickens, fantail doves, and forty or more exotic finches, cockatiels, canaries, nightingales, and parrots, which in habit her collection of antique cages. Tasha's beautiful watercolors and her enchanting anecdotes color this sublimely beautiful book." (from the dust jacket flap) The book has a green cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine; there is a bookplate in the front signed by Tasha Tudor (see picture); beautiful frontispiece of Tasha in color; illustrated profusely with beautiful photographs and pictures in color! A fine addition for your bookshelf! Condition: The book is in nearly new condition with a firm binding and clean pages. * * * * * * * * Note: The letter/number at the end of the title line for this listing is just an inventory code for locating the book. ______________________________________ Free Domestic Economy Shipping! Please contact me with any questions. Thanks for looking!

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