A Tea Garden in Tivoli: American Garden Design Inspired by the Japanese Way of Tea

Mueller, Bettina

Published by Tea House Press, New York, 2015

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New condition silver/gray oversized boards with white front cover and spine lettering. Includes List of Other Books by Bettina Mueller; Author Dedication; Introduction; Postscript; Appendix: List of Favorite Perennials; Tress and Shrubs in My Garden; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography and Resources. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "My garden story begins with a deed from the 1860s that descrbes my property as ". commencing at a post set at the northeast corner of P. Winson Fingar's land, and the west side of the raod leading to Cook's Mill." My quarter-acre of land is in Tivoli, a village of about 1,100 people in the Hudson Valley, two hours north of New York City. My Victorian farmhouse is on a street with neighbors to the right and left. I can walk into town for Mexican, Japanese, vegetarian or bistro food and to visit the post office, artist co-op or library, but I have to drive five miles to the grocery store. When I moved here, there was no garden. The only place with enough southern exposure to grow flowers was a thin strip of land covered by a blacktop driveway that came all the way down the south side of the house to the back door. It stopped at a metal shed that stood on a slab of concrete. Ugly cement blocks, heaved unevenly by the fronst of countless winters, formed a path to the back door. Behind the house, the small backyard was surrounded by neighboring yards. The property had no plantings, no view, no vista, and little space for a garden. It was perfect for what I had in mind." - from the Beginning. Seller Inventory # 005608

Bibliographic Details

Title: A Tea Garden in Tivoli: American Garden ...

Publisher: Tea House Press, New York

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Mueller, Bettina (photography)

Condition: New