Product Description

A richly photographed full-color wish book, The Potting Shed celebrates the room that is as much a workshop for the gardener as the kitchen is for the cook. Practical and romantic, idea-filled and beautiful, the book is imbued with quality, authenticity and a return to the old ways. Whether the "potting shed" is a cleared off space on a kitchen counter or an acutal shed, this is every gardener's dream of where the garden begins.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #213556 in Books
• Published on: 1996-01-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

From Booklist
Potting sheds may serve extremely practical purposes, but in Smith's elegiac text they are viewed in the poetic realm of a gardener's fervent dreams. Some basic advice is included in side boxes, which supply gardening tips. And Smith does endeavor to address all gardeners, even those who utilize kitchen tables to plant up their fresh packets of seeds for nurturing indoors under grow lights. But overall, a romantic image emerges of the traditional uses for these separate little structures often found tucked away out back somewhere, ostensibly to house tools or provide storage for supplies. Color photographs, beguiling prose, and quotes from literary figures add up to a captivating, old-fashioned impression of the potting shed as a private space for reverie. Alice Joyce

From the Inside Flap
A celebration, a wish-book, and a practical guide through the yearís seasonal joys and labors, The Potting Shed richly portrays the romance of the gardenerís workshop. Open the book. Step into the potting shed. The air is warm and smells of earth. Terra-cotta pots tower in the corner like soup bowls on a kitchen shelf, hand tools hang in rows, bins of soil and peat moss beckon. And there are the seedsóin packets, in jars, in plain envelopes. The sprouting of seeds is the first job of the potting shed, but it is the place where gardeners grow, too.

From the Back Cover
In the Potting Shed, our hearts, the pleasures of home, and the glories of the garden merge. Its practical character eases our garden labors. Its romantic nature enriches our lives. Here is peace, and beauty, and a sense of purpose.

Customer Reviews

Perspectives and philosophys of Gardening Sheds
After having read this book, I had no more idea on how to build a shed than I did before I had read it. However, I did now know what should be included in a shed. It would appear, that as a garden, the shed is as individualized as ones dreams. This book is a look into others dreams of perfection. It allowed me to peak into others imaginations just long enough to glimpse the very special places people go to be alone and create