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Paradise Under Glass: The Education of an Indoor Gardener
Paradise Under Glass The Education of an Indoor Gardener Author:Ruth Kassinger Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children?s departure for college, and her own recent battle with breast cancer, she was searching for a way forward. Then one cold, gray evening, she wandered into the U.S. Botanic Garden?s conservatory?and a dream was born. Dazzled by the vast an... more »d dense tangle of greenery, Kassinger decided to create a verdant sanctuary in her own home, even though the sum total of her previous indoor gardening experience was one neglected houseplant at the top of her basement stairs. In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth chronicles her journey from brown thumb to green, while sharing the knowledge and insights that creating and sustaining her fabulous garden has bestowed?lessons of loss and letting go, nurturing and rebirth, challenge and change, love and serenity.« less