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Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: at Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
by Johnson, Wendy
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0553378031
- ISBN 13
- 9780553378030
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 2008. First Edition with full numberline. Wide 8vo size trade paperback with interior flaps similar to a dust jacket; 447 pages with black and white illustrations by Davis Te Selle. From flap: "For more than 30 years (the author) has been meditating and gardening at the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Northern California, where the fields curve like an enormous green dragon between the hills and ocean. Renowned for its pioneering role in California's food revolution, Green Gulch provides choice produce to farmers' markets and to San Francisco's Greens restaurant." Pencilled notation on fep, very light spot on bottom of book, bumped bottom tip of back cover and pages from about page 279 to end of book. This book weighs more than 2 pounds, unboxed. No extra shipping charges if sent my US Media Mail. . First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Te Selle, Davis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Wendy Johnson is one of the founders of the organic Farm and Garden Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin County and now lives with her family in nearby Muir Beach. A Buddhist meditation teacher who is deeply engaged in environmental work nationally, she is an advisEr to the Edible Schoolyard program of the Chez Panisse Foundation and has helped to establish many garden programs in public schools and local communities throughout the Bay Area. Her column, “On Gardening,” has appeared in Tricycle : The Buddhist Review for more than ten years. This is her first book.
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- Bookseller
- Charity Bookstall
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006572
- Title
- Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: at Work in the Wild and Cultivated World
- Author
- Johnson, Wendy
- Illustrator
- Te Selle, Davis
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0553378031
- ISBN 13
- 9780553378030
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- First Edition; 1st Edition; Gardening; philosophy; Zen Buddism; Green Gulch Farm Zen Center;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature; First Editions; Gardening and Horticulture;
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