Gardening with Stone: Using Stone Features to Add Mystery, Magic, and Meaning to Your Garden

Whitner, Jan Kowalczewski; Younker, Linda Quartman

ISBN 10: 0028621344 / ISBN 13: 9780028621340

Published by Wiley, 1999

About this Item

Almost Like New. Tight, clean and crisp. A gently read book in excellent condition now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. Almost Like New. ; 10.26 X 10.22 X 0.78 inch; 224 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gardening with Stone: Using Stone Features to Add Mystery, Magic, and Meaning to Your Garden
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028621344
• ISBN 13: 9780028621340
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

About this title

Synopsis

"Stone is eloquent, and it speaks in many voices.
For gardeners stone is an infinitely suggestive material, rich with poetic, philosophical, and artistic meaning."—Jan Kowalczewski Whitner

About the Author

Jan Kowalczewski Whitner is an author and editor specializing in garden design, history, and preservation. She has written several books, including Stonescaping and Northwest Garden Style, which was published in conjunction with a PBS program of the same name, also written by Whitner. Another program written by the author, "Hypertufa Trough," was nominated for an Emmy award. Whitner gardens in Seattle, Washington. Linda Quartman Younker is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in numerous gardening and children's books, including Northwest Garden Style, Growing Herbs, What Is a Cat, and Where Do Horses Live, among others. She has contributed to magazines and newspapers such as Parade, House Beautiful, the Seattle Times, and Sunset. Younker's work has been exhibited in Washington State and Italy. She lives with her family on Bainbridge Island, Washington.