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Autobiography of a Garden details how Patterson Webster, a neophyte gardener, moved from copying the ideas of other people, to learning from them, to striking out on her own. Beautifully photographed and full of inspirational ways of thinking about gardens and gardening, this unique memoir blends history, horticulture, and art.

Gardeners. --- Autobiography. --- Webster, Patterson, --- Abenaki. --- Canadian history. --- Canadian women. --- Doucet-Saito. --- Eastern Townships. --- Estrie. --- Glen Villa Inn. --- Greek mythology. --- Lake Massawippi. --- North Hatley. --- Quebec anglophones. --- Quebec. --- Virginia. --- aging. --- art installations. --- art. --- creative process. --- creativity. --- family. --- flowering plants. --- flowers. --- foreigners in China. --- garden design. --- garden failures. --- garden history. --- garden photography. --- gardening. --- horticulture. --- inspiration. --- land art. --- landscape design. --- landscape. --- maple syrup making. --- memoir. --- memorials. --- memory. --- non-conformity. --- personal narrative. --- philosophy. --- relationship to nature. --- sculpture. --- shrubs. --- site responsive. --- site specific art installations. --- timelines. --- trees. --- water in gardens. --- women’s memoir. --- words in the landscape. --- yin yang.