Margaret Roach’s Magical Garden + A Giveaway: A Way To Garden

Today, Margaret Roach’s all-new 21st anniversary edition of her first award-winning book, A Way to Garden, makes its way into the world.

It’s 300+ pages, nearly twice as thick as the original, packed with color photos, and totally revamped to reflect forty years of wisdom and insight, most importantly the changes in how Margaret gardens today. For gardeners of all kinds and at all skill levels, it’s a dream, a treasure trove of knowledge. Some highlights for me include:

• 18 Seed-Starting Tips
• 13 Things About Growing Tomatoes
• Organic Lawn Care
• A Must-Have Rose
• Not Your Average Morning Glories
• Growing Potatoes
• Making Compost

I could list so much more, not to mention the touching stories (like one about sisterhood, which made me cry).

Though my garden is wee, Margaret and her website are a constant source of inspiration and a resource I turn to again and again. She taught me how to freeze parsley (and other herbs) and the trick to growing cilantro — hint, as Margaret says: “sow, sow, sow again.” She also introduced me to Craig LeHoullier, his book, and Dester tomatoes, which my husband started from seed a few weeks ago in our basement.  I cannot wait for summer.

I recently visited Margaret and her garden, and I’ve included a few snaps below. But before you get lost in the wonderland that is Margaret’s backyard…

A Few Things:

• Margaret is hosting a big giveaway featuring some of her favorite garden gear.
• May 11th: Visit Margaret’s Garden, Take a Class, Buy Plants, Listen to a Lecture, & More (Come! I’ll be there, too!)
• Read more about Margaret’s book here (or in The Washington Post!)
• There is a rafflecopter giveaway of A Way to Garden below. Details are below. Good luck!

Some snaps from Margaret’s garden: A sea of hellebores.

Backyard pond, where Margaret’s friends are known to take baths, and …

… where Margaret finds salamander egg beds while skimming leaves.

Margaret’s 125-year old apple tree.

Voodoo lilie bulbs.

Margaret and her book! Get yours: A Way to Garden

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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