Bibliograph

The ghost in the garden, in search of Darwin's lost garden, Jude Piesse

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The ghost in the garden, in search of Darwin's lost garden, Jude Piesse

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

genealogical tablesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The ghost in the garden

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1280061973

Responsibility statement

Jude Piesse

Sub title

in search of Darwin's lost garden

Summary

The forgotten garden which inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his childhood home, The Mount. It was here, under the tutelage of his green-fingered mother and sisters, that he first examined the reproductive life of flowers, collected birds' eggs, and began the experiments that would lead to his theory of evolution. A century and a half later, with one small child in tow and another on the way, Jude Piesse finds herself living next door to this secret garden. Two acres of the original site remain, now resplendent with overgrown ashes, sycamores, and hollies. The carefully tended beds and circular flower garden are buried under suburban housing; the hothouses where the Darwins and their skillful gardeners grew pineapples are long gone. Walking the pathways with her new baby, Piesse starts to discover what impact the garden and the people who tended it had on Darwin's work .Blending biography, nature writing, and memoir, The Ghost in the Garden traces the origins of the theory of evolution and uncovers the lost histories that inspired it, ultimately evoking the interconnectedness of all things

Table Of Contents

Lorum -- Doves and pigeons -- Orbit -- A shropshire pine -- Ferns and feathers -- Grapes out of rubble -- The hare and the marble

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