The Landscape Diaries : Garden of Obsession

Prologue xiii The Honeymoon is Over 1(4) My Promise 5(4) Our Esteemed Counsel 9(2) The Nursery: Partner for a Day 11(2) The 20-Year Lease 13(2) Meditation 15(2) Friendship Farm 17(2) The French Connection 19(2) La Rocherolle 21(4) Organic Apples 25(2) The IRS Poster Girl 27(2) Kyoto Gardens 29(4) Plant Quarantine 33(4) The 10,000th McDonald's 37(4) Fifty-Fifty 41(2) No Big Deal 43(4) Saying No 47(2) Getting Started 49(10) Borrowed Landscape 59(2) The Maple Garden 61(10) Mail-Order Madness 71(6) Garden Wedding 77(6) Teamwork 83(5) A Walk Through the Gardens (photographs) 88(29) Hurricane Floyd 117(6) Against the Law 123(2) Architectural Indigestion 125(4) Swimming the Channel 129(4) Gardening on the Edge 133(6) Out of the Blocks 139(3) Small Animal Habitats 142(5) Footsteps 147(3) Conclusion 150(3) Epilogue 153(4) Acknowledgments 157(1) Source Guide 158(2) The Steinhardt Maple Collection 160