{"product_id":"spring-rain-a-life-lived-in-gardens","title":"Spring Rain: A Life Lived in Gardens","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Marc Hamer knows how to live--simply, sparely, reverently, abundantly. \u003ci\u003eSpring Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is a tonic for the soul.\"--Sy Montgomery, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be A Good Creature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Catch a Mole\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSeed to Dust\u003c\/i\u003e comes a highly original memoir of childhood, old age, and the restorative power of gardens.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBest enjoyed in a single sitting under the shade of a tree, this inventive and curative book captures the moment when an adventurous young boy who traveled the world in his mind meets the old man he becomes. Together, they build a new garden from a neglected plot behind his house on the edge of town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRetired professional gardener Marc Hamer has always found the answers to life's questions in the natural world, whether as a child watching ants, as a young man living homeless in the countryside, or as a professional gardener creating places of calm and restoration for others. Now in his sixties, he is finally creating a garden for himself, at his home in Cardiff, Wales. This moving memoir follows his process as he shares what he's learned, from the spring of youth to his autumn years, and reflects on how we reconcile our childhoods with where we end up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Hamer's own words, \"\u003ci\u003eSpring Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is about the joy of your own back garden. It is a story about the joy of small things, the world in a grain of sand, a universe in a small garden, with love for all the insects and slugs and flowers and weeds and seeds and roots and boundaries and shade and weather that the garden contains.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greystone Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51934235885799,"sku":"9781778402760","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_7f43aa1f-f142-486b-8de4-9f0523d045ac.jpg?v=1774899588","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/spring-rain-a-life-lived-in-gardens","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}