{"product_id":"the-grove-isbn-9781784727383","title":"The Grove","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first non-fiction book from an award-winning new voice, hailed by \u003ci\u003eGardeners' World\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as 'the millennial Monty'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dark creatively blends practical horticultural knowledge, meditations on his own dream garden, and literary references, including Vita Sackville-West’s husband’s letter on JP Morgan’s garden: 'All very good taste and depressing. No inner reality.' This will leave armchair gardeners seeing their surroundings with fresh eyes.\" \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best gardening book of 2022.\" the \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful book.\" Alexandra Shulman\u003ci\u003e, Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Meet the millennial Monty Don.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A testament to the secret communal power of a front garden.\" Alice Vincent, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Find joy in the ordinary plots on a city street.\" \u003ci\u003eRHS The Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ben Dark is such a wonderful writer - \u003ci\u003eThe Grove\u003c\/i\u003e drew me in from the first line.\" Lia Leendertz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fans of Ben Dark's mellifluous tones on \u003ci\u003eThe Garden Log\u003c\/i\u003e podcast will be delighted by how perfectly his lyrical musings transfer to the printed page as, with infant son in tow, he invites the reader upon a series of horticultural expeditions inspired by the deceptively ordinary planting of the front gardens in a south London street. The kind of thoroughly enjoyable read where you realise, late in the day, that learning has snuck in by the back door, though you feel inclined to forgive the author on account of the fun you've had along the way.\"\u003cbr\u003e Andrew O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Any walk is an odyssey when we connect with the plants around us. Each tree or flower tells a tale. Mundane 'suburban' shrubs speak of war and poetry, of money, fashion, love and failure. Every species in this book was seen from one pavement over twelve months and there is little here that could not be found on any road in any town, but they reveal stories of such weirdness, drama, passion and humor that, once discovered, familiar neighbourhoods will be changed forever.\" \u003cb\u003eBen Dark\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is a renewed interest in the nature on our doorsteps, as can be seen in the work of amateur botanists identifying wildflowers and chalking the names on the pavements.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e But beyond the garden wall lies a wealth of cultivated plants, each with a unique tale to tell. In \u003ci\u003eThe Grove\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning writer and head gardener Ben Dark reveals the remarkable secrets of twenty commonly found species - including the rose, wisteria, buddleja, box and the tulip - encountered in the front gardens of one London street over the course of year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Ben writes, in those small front gardens 'are stories of ambition, envy, hope and failure' and \u003ci\u003eThe Grove\u003c\/i\u003e is about so much more than a single street, or indeed the plants found in its 19 ½ front gardens. It's a beguiling blend of horticultural history and personal narrative and a lyrical exploration of why gardens and gardening matter.","brand":"Mitchell Beazley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896647577829,"sku":"NP9781784727383","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/a0723ffe-4f44-4320-b153-ad93011f0db9.jpg?v=1767912824","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-grove-isbn-9781784727383","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}