The Garden in Every Sense and Season

A Year of Insights and Inspiration from My Garden

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Pub Date Mar 30 2021 | Archive Date Jul 30 2021

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Description

“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own landscape.” —Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista

So much of gardening is focused on seasonal to-do lists and daily upkeep. But what about taking time to just enjoy the garden? The Garden in Every Sense and Season urges you to revel in what you’ve created. From the heady fragrance of spring lilacs to the delicious silence of a winter snowfall, writer and lifelong gardener Tovah Martin explores the glories of her garden using the five senses. Her sage advice and gratifying reflections on the rewards of a more mindful way of gardening will inspire you to look closer, breathe deeper, listen harder, and truly savor the gifts of your garden.



 
“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own...

Advance Praise

“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own landscape.” —Michelle Slatalla, Gardenista

“Reminds us that the best way to get to know a garden is through our senses. Don't expect to make it through many pages before you feel an urge to run outdoors to reintroduce yourself to your own...


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ISBN 9781643260655
PRICE $16.95 (USD)
PAGES 232

Average rating from 17 members


Featured Reviews

In a year when most of us have spent a lot of time in our gardens, this book about enjoying those spaces is very timely. We always seem to be focused on the tasks we need to accomplish in our gardens, they are endless – weeds need to be pulled, plants thinned and watered, vegetables harvested, a new crop of seed sown. Martin encourages us to stop and actually enjoy our gardens, their fragrance, their sounds and colors. I’m not a big fan of mindfulness books, but this tome is delightful and makes me anxious to get back outside

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The Garden in Every Sense and Season is an inspirational journey of using our senses to shape our experiences while communing with nature in our gardens, The book by Tovah Martin encourages us to remember all that the garden has to offer in all seasons and weather conditions.

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The Garden in Every Sense and Season by Tovah is an excellent memoir/collection of natural observations and reflections that the author has placed together into a wonderful book that I thoroughly enjoyed.

This is such a calming, relaxing, and enjoyable narrative that is a reflection and collection of observations on not only nature, a personal garden, but also life over the annual change of seasons within the author's personal grounds.

It was wonderful to be reminded to not only stop to notice all that is around you, all that you are blessed with, but also all of the rewards from the hard work that you have put into a space. So many times we focus on all the tasks needed, checklists that need to be checked, and all of the objectives that we forget to see the little things. The author has a real talent in reflection and observation. I have a new outlook on not only my personal garden that I have been starting, but also in my natural habitat that I walk through on my daily walks as well.

A great book. Truly.

5/5 stars

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The cover on this one is so cute! I enjoyed this one. It's one of those books that works best as a "when you have a few minutes to spare" type of read. I loved diving in to the author's thoughts and her descriptions brought things to life.

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The Garden in Every Sense and Season is a book for the soul and senses. It is part memoir but full of advice, reflections and things to notice and enjoy throughout the year. It is a full on mindfulness experience for all the senses. It encourages you to notice and tune into nature and enjoy the garden you have created, and also the natural world all around us. It is a lovely read that will help you to 'smell the roses'.

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It's very cute but it's really not what I expected. I really enjoyed the tone of the book and its voice.

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Unexpectedly gorgeous. I really enjoyed this unique book and I think that it has a lot of shelf appeal. Excited to recommend this to my patrons.

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The Garden in Every Sense and Season: A Year of Insights and Inspiration from My Garden by Tovah Martin is a wonderful collection of reflections about using our senses in nature during each season. It encourages one to be more aware of our beautiful surroundings and grateful for nature. #TheGardeninEverySenseandSeason #NetGalley

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I absolutely adore this book. It’s has been an absolute joy to read and has been extremely informative. Although I am in the UK I believe that a lot of the book was still very relevant and if not entertaining. I would highly recommend this to any nature and garden lover.

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This is a wonderful book for garden lovers, provided you prefer lots of words and no pictures. It would make a great winter read or book for dreary days. I found it too long for myself, as I'm the type to want to get out into the garden or see a photo or drawing of the plant she's describing, but it's wonderful for those who just want to read beautifully worded essays on the garden all year long.

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