A GARDEN IN THE HILLS A Tale of Selling Up, Digging in and Growing Things

McCabe, Christine

ISBN 10: 1405036516 / ISBN 13: 9781405036511

Published by MacMillan, Australia, 2005

About this Item

A fine copy. ; 230 x 150mm; 326 pages.

Seller Inventory # 14458

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A GARDEN IN THE HILLS A Tale of Selling Up, Digging in and Growing Things
• Publisher: MacMillan, Australia
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405036516
• ISBN 13: 9781405036511
• Binding: Paper Back
• Edition: First Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gardening

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Synopsis

A Garden in the Hills charts the arrival of Christine McCabe from the inner west of Sydney and a courtyard garden of mostly dead plants, to The Oaks, a circa 1870 homestead and sprawling garden in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.Six weeks after Christine and her young, utterly urban family move into their new home, their new six-acre garden is due to open to the public as part of Australia's Open Garden Scheme. What follows is the story of a rank amateur thrown in at the deep end, attempting to master lawns, giant hedges and sprawling flower beds before she's had time to unpack... or buy a garden hose.Delightful, amusing and meditative, A Garden in the Hills takes you on a journey of discovery of the joys of gardening, and the beauty of the Adelaide Hills.