Whether you garden with muddy hands or simply admire from a sunny windowsill, this episode explores the quiet joy of tending to green things. I’m sharing seven books—spanning memoir, history, and fiction—that celebrate the poetic, healing, and thoughtful nature of gardens.
We’ll travel through English estates, tulip-filled Dutch fields, and meditative Japanese landscapes, discovering how gardens grow more than just plants—they grow people too.
🌿 Featuring:
The Morville Hours – Katherine Swift
Elizabeth and Her German Garden – Elizabeth von Arnim
The Tulip – Anna Pavord
The Well-Gardened Mind – Sue Stuart-Smith
The Virago Book of Women Gardeners
The Samurai’s Garden – Gail Tsukiyama
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle – Barbara Kingsolver
📺 Watch next:
🪴 What gardening books have stayed with you? I'd love to hear your favorites.