Otherwise Normal People
Inside the Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening
- Paperback
290 pages
- Release Date
17 May 2007
Summary
Twice a year, America’s rose lovers cut the prettiest blossoms off their best plants and travel to the national rose show, where they lovingly groom their precious blooms for hours in a frigid hall in order to contend for the highest honor: the Queen of Show.
Doctors. Teachers. Sheet metal mechanics. Lawyers. Truck drivers. Men and women. These are type A gardeners, and for them, this is a blood sport. They grow tender roses in the frigid North and disease-prone roses in the humid Sou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781616206147 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1616206144 |
| Author: | Aurelia C. Scott |
| Publisher: | Workman Publishing |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 290 |
| Release Date: | 17 May 2007 |
| Weight: | 327g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
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About The Author
Aurelia C. Scott
Aurelia C. Scott lives in Portland, Maine, where she grows roses and other flowering plants. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Fine Gardening, Cottage Living, and Yankee, among other publications.
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