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nuthatch's review
4.0
[b:A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany|856548|A Garden in Lucca Finding Paradise in Tuscany|Paul Gervais|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387716810l/856548._SX50_.jpg|842029] would probably not be interesting to people who aren't into gardening. It made me extremely jealous. The author and his partner bought an old mansion in Tuscany and transformed its overgrown gardens. My only complaint about the book is the lack of illustrations.
sandyd's review
3.0
A meandering memoir about buying a villa in Tuscany and restoring the grotto, making wine, planting all kinds of flowers and making geometric patterns of grass and tile. Not recommended unless you really like reading about gardens.
I do, and it was still difficult sometimes, not being to see any pictures of this place, and thinking that Tuscany must be absolutely stuffed with foreigners with beautiful homes and peasant gardeners with green fingers.
The book doesn't describe this place half as well as the photos do (and the author's pencil illustrations in the book? Not so great.):
http://www.agardeninlucca.com/
I do, and it was still difficult sometimes, not being to see any pictures of this place, and thinking that Tuscany must be absolutely stuffed with foreigners with beautiful homes and peasant gardeners with green fingers.
The book doesn't describe this place half as well as the photos do (and the author's pencil illustrations in the book? Not so great.):
http://www.agardeninlucca.com/
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