{"product_id":"farther-afield-a-gardeners-excursions-paperback","title":"Farther Afield: A Gardener's Excursions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAllen Lacy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this splendid collection of short essays, gardener, writer, and professor Allen Lacy takes readers on a series of garden excursions, beginning at home. Lacy writes of his experiences with a variety of plants--evening primrose, prairie gentian, sumac, coreopsis, fuchsias, gloriosa lilies--in his own garden in New Jersey. Then he charts his travels to other gardens, in the United States, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands. Final essays in \u003ci\u003eFarther Afield \u003c\/i\u003einclude a discussion of garden writing, profiles of other horticulturists, and humorous pieces on cats and houseplants, and, of course, flamingoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllen Lacy\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of philosophy at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and the author of numerous books on gardening, including \u003ci\u003eThe Garden in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glory of Roses\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Linwood, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724261199935,"sku":"9780374520632","price":27.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/1abc96fdf52af217416ad9fea663cd85.webp?v=1765102068","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/farther-afield-a-gardeners-excursions-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}