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Writer, environmentalist and gardener Des Kennedy has gathered together his best, most outrageous and most contemplative articles and essays of the past decade into a book full of playful wit and insight.
Kennedy recounts one newspaper's April Fool's Day prank that had men across the UK buying heather in order to propagate a poor-man's Viagra, expands on his trials creating a sod sloped roof, admits he once wanted to write a stump-puller's guide to the universe and contemplates the dark beauty--and rat feces smell--of a voodoo lily. The articles are tied together with Kennedy's assertion that gardening is a revolutionary act of maintaining harmony with nature that intertwines the human spirit with the natural world.
A book that will appeal to any who admire earth's raw beauty, Heart and Soil is a collection from a respected Canadian who has dedicated his life to protecting and respecting the environment, cultivating his passion with a healthy sprinkling of humour.
"Des Kennedy's writing style is more meditative and eloquent... he has a lovely, dry sense of humour... His Wisdom of the Aged is a must-read for any gardener over 50."
- Sonia Day, Toronto Star
–The Real Dirt: Books for the gardener on your shopping list
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550176322
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 26/04/2014
BISAC Subject(s): GAR000000-GARDENING / General, GAR002000-GARDENING / Essays & Narratives
Description
Writer, environmentalist and gardener Des Kennedy has gathered together his best, most outrageous and most contemplative articles and essays of the past decade into a book full of playful wit and insight.
Kennedy recounts one newspaper's April Fool's Day prank that had men across the UK buying heather in order to propagate a poor-man's Viagra, expands on his trials creating a sod sloped roof, admits he once wanted to write a stump-puller's guide to the universe and contemplates the dark beauty--and rat feces smell--of a voodoo lily. The articles are tied together with Kennedy's assertion that gardening is a revolutionary act of maintaining harmony with nature that intertwines the human spirit with the natural world.
A book that will appeal to any who admire earth's raw beauty, Heart and Soil is a collection from a respected Canadian who has dedicated his life to protecting and respecting the environment, cultivating his passion with a healthy sprinkling of humour.
"Des Kennedy's writing style is more meditative and eloquent... he has a lovely, dry sense of humour... His Wisdom of the Aged is a must-read for any gardener over 50."
- Sonia Day, Toronto Star
–The Real Dirt: Books for the gardener on your shopping list
Details
Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 9781550176322
Paperback / softback
6.0 in x 9.0 in - 224 pp
Publication Date: 26/04/2014
BISAC Subject(s): GAR000000-GARDENING / General, GAR002000-GARDENING / Essays & Narratives