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Book Review of Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
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Great book! This is a fun exploration of a bunch of issues related to one man's attempt to create a diverse garden at his home. It looks at everything from his childhood memories of gardens, to pest control, to the various needs of different kinds of plants and trees, to overall landscape design. Pollan points out in the book that most of American nature writing is on the subject of wilderness, not gardening. This book is a great contribution to that neglected subject.