The Daily Dig

I just stumbled upon a wonderful book in the most unusual way. I picked up the local Oakland neighborhood newspaper, the MacArthur Metro, a couple weeks ago to read the gardening column written by local author and gardener, Adina Sara.
I mentioned to my husband that he should get in contact with her. The next day (I’m not making this up!) he gets a call from a friend who says there’s someone she thinks he should meet. Yup! Adina Sara. And within a week her book, The Imperfect Gardener is sitting on my nightstand. How about that? 

(click on the image to see the photo tour)

Her book is the story of her garden as told by her but also the story of Adina as told by her garden. The memoir starts with the way most of meet our garden, a “trash heap”. A gigantic, daunting, trash heap – decades in the making. (I’m speaking of my own garden here). But pretty soon it beckons to you. It sends a representative, a nasturtium, calla lily or even a naked lady. You accept the call and pretty soon you’re spending every available daylight hour in what is now your garden.

The book chronicles her years in her garden, from her first marriage that brought her there, through the growing of her children to the meeting or her second husband. It captures the reflections, lessons, regrets and affirmations that have been recorded in her garden. The book is loaded with beautiful photos and poems that capture moments in time. By the end of this book you will have forgiven yourself for the lemon tree that never produced a lemon, the dahlia that never bloomed and the periodic neglect that your garden has endured. But you’ll also find contentment as look around, remembering how you and your garden met each other and the journey you have embarked on together. 

You can order your copy of Adina's book right on her website at http://www.adinasara.com

or at

http://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Garden-Adina-Sara/dp/1587901609/ref=sr_1...