Come Through Marjorie's Garden Gate: Spend a Year in the Bestselling Author's Amazing Garden

This is my most-cherished gardening book. The photography is absolutely gorgeous, the ideas accessible, and the writing is both witty and poignant. My favourite parts of the book are the planting combinations, photographed in detail and discussed; most of them are unusual and creative. I also enjoyed reading about how the design of the garden came into being, and appreciate that the author did not start out with the 'perfect' plot -- she started with a long, narrow, swampy, asphalt-covered, shady lot, in a Northern climate, and created something magical with it. There is hope for us all! There are a few task lists, arranged by season, and a few planting and growing tips, but for the most part this book is an essay on the trials and tribulations of gardening, and a photographic tribute to Marjorie Harris' overwhelming success.