The best written advice on landscaping and gardening in the Southeast." —Fine Gardening



Lawrence's exceptional gift for writing about plants puts this volume in the category of fine literature, so even if you aren't a gardener, you'll still enjoy it. Be forewarned, though: If you aren't a gardener before reading A Southern Garden, chances are you will be when you finish.—Southern Living



It's no surprise that the influence and reputation of this book have spread far beyond North Carolina, where Lawrence gardened, for she is one of those rarities: a writer at once elegant and accessible, learned and down-to-earth. A consummate plantswoman, she could quote from the ancient Roman authors as easily as from the local market bulletins.—Horticulture



I have learned more about horticulture, plants, and garden history and literature from Elizabeth Lawrence than from any other one person.—Katharine S. White in Onward and Upward in the Garden



An extraordinary evocation of the actual joy of handling plants and working the soil.—Penelope Hobhouse in Garden Style



Gardening books written in elegant style and filled with information are rare indeed.—William Lanier Hunt



The essential appeal of her book rests in its sense of place, its encyclopedic knowledge of plants and its conversational style.—Charlotte Observer