num_pages: 176
description: Nine masterpiece gardens.Nine stories of grandeur, sorrow, disaster, triumph, discovery, and joy.From Scotland to Key West, from Brazil to Paris--even right next door--there is always something to learn about being human from a great garden.
language: English
title: Gardens of Awe and Folly: A Traveler's Journal on the Meaning of Life and Gardening
publisher: Bloomsbury USA