My garden (book) - Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid's first garden in Vermont was a square plot in the middle of her front lawn. There, to the consternation of more experienced gardener friends, she planted all the flowers she liked best. In MY GARDEN (BOOK), she gathers all she loves about gardening and examines it generously, passionately, and with sharp, idiosyncratic discrimination. The sources of her inspiration - seed catalogues, legendary gardeners such as Gertrude, Jekyll and Graham stuart Thomas, famous gardens like Giverny and Vita Sackville West's at Sissinghurst - recieve keen scrutiny. She also examines the idea of the garden on Antigua, and considers the implications of the English formal garden in colonised countries; as well as visiting historic English gardens on English soil.