Publisher's Synopsis
And so Henry David Thoreau went alone to Walden Pond and observed the ferns and turtleheads, the sundrops and spatterdocks, and the other beautiful native plants that formed a natural garden around his cabin. He walked the woods and fields and penned his observations in his journals. Noted plantsman Peter Loewer combines insightful excerpts from Thoreau's journals with his own botanical illustrations and comments on more than 50 native plants. The book offers a profusion of information you will find invaluable, whether you want to recreate Thoreau's garden in your own backyard, learn the best uses of the plants in today's gardens, or simply let these woodland and field plants flourish in your imagination.
