For the gardener in your life, or for anyone who loved Late Migrations and H is for Hawk A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere.
Just like all good books and gardens, Seed to Dust is filled with equal parts Life and death, beauty and decay, and every reader will find something different to admire..
At the book\'s end, Hamer\'s connection to Miss Cashmere changes shape, and new insights into relationships and the beauty and brutality of Nature emerge.
As the seasons change, Hamer also reflects on the changes he has observed in Miss Cashmere\'s Life from afar: the death of her husband and the departure of her children from the stately home where she now lives alone.
And he reflects on his own life: living homeless as a young man, his loving relationship with his wife and children, and--now--feeling the effects of old age on body and mind.
He observes the creatures who scurry and hide from his blade or rake.
As he works, he muses on the unusual folklores of his beloved plants.
He describes a year in his Life as a Country gardener, with each chapter named for the month he\'s in.
In Seed to Dust, Marc Hamer paints a beautiful portrait of the Garden that belongs to everyone.
As Hamer writes, Like a book, a Garden belongs to everyone who sees it.
But the Garden does not really belong to her, either.
It belongs to his wealthy and elegant employer, Miss Cashmere.
But it\'s not his garden.
It\'s rarely visited, and only Hamer knows of its secrets.
The Garden is vast and intricate. --The Wall Street Journal Marc Hamer has nurtured the same 12-acre Garden in the Welsh countryside for over two decades.
Hamer does--with a close eye to what changes, and what does not.
Seed to Dust is an invitation to read this world as Mr. . . [that] shimmer like lantern slides, lit with luminous imagery. . .
Candid, tender, thoughtful and absorbing.--Shelf Awareness (STARRED Review) With chapters. . .
For the gardener in your life, or for anyone who loved Late Migrations and H is for Hawk A stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere
