My City Highrise Garden Author:Susan Brownmiller Urban gardening may be a hip trend, but a few dedicated pioneers have been nurturing lush gardens on highrise rooftops and terraces for decades. With thirty-five years of challenges and triumphs behind her, best-selling author Susan Brownmiller describes her battle to sustain an oasis of beauty twenty floors above street level in Manhattan with ... more »honesty and humor.
My City Highrise Garden recounts various natural and man-made catastrophes: the consequences of being barred from daytime access during apartment renovation projects; the sad death of a fifteen year old peach tree; and the experience of bidding goodbye to birches in the wake of a hurricane. Brownmiller also reveals the triumphal, if unexpected, results of encouraging nature to thrive on a Manhattan highrise: annual visits from monarch butterflies; bees zooming for nectar; and the simple pleasure of morning greetings from newly unfurled roses. The stories gathered here celebrate the astounding tenacity of nature itself, and invite readers to marvel in a garden?s ability to prosper against all odds.
With over twenty beautiful color photos depicting the complex relationship between the growing city and the dwindling natural world, Brownmiller provides a passionate account of her struggles as a highrise gardener in the ever-changing landscape of the city. My City Highrise Garden will appeal to readers, gardeners and nature-lovers alike, no matter where they discover and sustain a niche for nature.