Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

by Felder Rushing
Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

Maverick Gardeners: Dr. Dirt and Other Determined Independent Gardeners

by Felder Rushing

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Overview

Found in nearly every neighborhood worldwide, "determined independent gardeners" (DIGrs) are typically nonjoiners who garden simply and exuberantly, eschewing customary horticultural standards in their amateur pursuits of personal bliss. Included in Maverick Gardeners are classic "passalong plant" lists, a dollop of how to, numerous color photographs, and thought-provoking essays on quintessential tools, sharing with others, getting away with wildflowers in suburbia, and organizing a plant swap. The centerpiece of this unique gardening journey is the no-holds-barred story of a ten-year cross-cultural collaboration between the horticulturist author and a flamboyant, rebellious gardener who called himself Dirt. Maverick Gardeners makes the perfect book for those nonconformist souls.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781496832719
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Publication date: 03/15/2021
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Felder Rushing is an eleventh-generation American gardener, a non-stuffy horticulturist who travels the world looking for simple garden approaches, which he promotes in his newspaper columns, books, magazine articles, and NPR radio program. The author of over twenty books and founder of Slow Gardening, he was named by Southern Living as one of "25 people most likely to change the South."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 3

1 Different Peas, Same Pod 5

2 Gardener Coming Out 21

3 A Man Called Dirt 39

4 More Keepers of the Flame: DIGr Neighbors 83

5 Plants: Growing It Forward 125

6 Yard Art: The Good, the Bad, and the Unbelievable 141

7 Putting It Together 159

Coda: DIGrs Infinity 179

Empowering Terms for DIGrs 181

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