One of my favourite books about life and gardening is Patrick Lane’s There is a Season. I have recommended it to several friends and they seem to be evenly divided between wide-eyed enthusiasts and those who dozed off after the first few pages. Perhaps this book only speaks to gardeners; those of us who hold a cup of morning coffee, gaze at a bouquet of blooming statice and watch all of our hopes, dreams and fears dissolve.

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