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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Charm of Gardens
Dion Clayton Calthrop
238 pages~4 hr 45 min read49 chapters$4.99
A garden holds more than flowers: it holds memory, mood, and the spirit of a place. Dion Calthrop wanders from the patchwork fields of England to a bluebell wood and a country lane, musing on what makes a garden enchant. Graceful, personal, and warm. Stroll through the quiet magic that turns ground into a garden.
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Inside this book
49 chapters
- 1THE CHARM OF GARDENS
- 2CONTENTS
- 3LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 4PART I A VIEW OF ENGLAND
- 5I THE SPIRIT OF GARDENS
- 6II THE GARDEN OF ENGLAND: THE PATCHWORK QUILT
- 7III A COUNTRY LANE: A MEMORY FROM ABROAD
- 8IV FIELDS
- 9V EPISODE OF THE CONTENTED TAILOR
- 10VI THE BLUEBELL WOOD AND THE CALM STONE DOG
- 11VII THE TAILOR’S SISTER’S TOMBSTONE
- 12VIII THE COTTAGE GARDEN
- 13IX A FEAST OF WILD STRAWBERRIES
- 14X THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE
- 15PART II GARDENS AND HISTORY
- 16I THE ROMAN GARDEN IN ENGLAND
- 17II ST. FIACRE, PATRON SAINT OF GARDENERS AND CAB-DRIVERS
- 18III EVELYN’S “SYLVA”
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