Green Pens: A Collection of Garden Writing
Carlton, Victoria: Miegunyah Press (An imprint of Melbourne University Publishing Ltd.), [2004]. First printing. Hardcover. 9 1/4 by 7 1/2 inches; 234 by 188 mm. x, 275 pages. Hardcover. Book and jacket in fine condition. A collection of Australian writing on gardening, including excerpts from diaries and letters, newspapers and magazines, nursery catalogs, planting guides, and novels and poems. From the introduction: "Within this book you will find descriptions of the very earliest gardens Europeans planted in Australia, diary entries which detail the daily work involved in maintaining a garden, witty musings on marital tiffs about the garden, and heartbreaking accounts of tragedies which occurred or were remembered there." Editors Holmes and Martin are senior lecturers in history and English, respectively, at La Trobe University in Melbourne, and Mirmohamadi's doctorate in gender, modernity and education in England led to research on school gardens and on multiculturalism and garden metaphors. Illustrated extensively with photographs and other images. Jacket enclosed in a clear, archival-quality, removable protective cover. Item #227
ISBN: 0522851037
Price: $42.50