Notes from an Italian Garden
Joan Marble
illustrated by Corinna Sargood
William Morrow & Company, 2001
, ISBN-10:0060185740
, 81/4 x 53/4 in / 210 x 145 mm
, hardcover
, 348 pages
, 36 pen & ink drawings
, includes index
Thirty years ago journalist Joan Marble and her sculptor husband, Robert Cook, bought an unpromising piece of land near the little hamlet of Canale, north of Rome where the ancient Etrucscans lived. Here they built a house and, more important, set out to start a wonderful garden. All was not easy, however. They faced blank incomprehension from the local inhabitants.
Inspirational, aspirational, enchanting -- this is an account of a passion for a place and an obsession with a garden that will charm all who love Italy, gardening, and life.
Chapters:
JANUARY
The Lure of Etruria
Finding the Land
FEBRUARY
The First Pot
Building the House
MARCH
Planning with a Bulldozer
The Fine Art of Planting Seeds
APRIL
Finding the Perfect Helper
Bees and Beeswax
MAY
Birds and Cats
The Joys of High Spring
JUNE
Country Weddings
Massimo
JULY
A Paeon in Praise of Chicory and a Hurrah for Herbs
A Garden Strikes Back
AUGUST
Cooling Off in the Greenhouse
The Racing Horsemen of the Maremma
SEPTEMBER
Of Etruscan Ghosts and Gardens
Lavinia Taverna, the Accidental Gardener
OCTOBER
Chasing Pigs
Mushroom Madness
NOVEMBER
Tree-planting Time
Tomb Robbers
DECEMBER
Joy and Sorrow in the Winter Greenhouse
Eels for Christmas
