# Natural Selection: A Year in the Garden - Hardcover

by **Dan Pearson** (Author)

**"A lovely book for green-thumbed readers to read in the winter as they sit by the fireplace and await spring."--_Publisher's Weekly_**

In _Natural Selection_, Dan Pearson draws on ten years of his _Observer_ columns to explore the rhythms and pleasures of a year in the garden. Traveling between his city-bound plot in South London and twenty acres of rolling hillside in Somerset, he celebrates the beautiful skeletons of the winter garden, the joyous passage into spring, the heady smell of summer's bud break and the flaring of color in autumn.  
Pearson's irresistible enthusiasm and wealth of knowledge overflow in a book teeming with tips to inspire your own space, be it a city window box or country field. Bringing you a newfound appreciation of nature, both wild and tamed, reading _Natural Selection_ is a deeply restorative experience.

### Author Biography

An award-winning British landscape and garden designer, plantsman, writer and journalist, **Dan Pearson**'s love of all things gardening stemmed from a young age. At ten years old, while his classmates were reading Enid Blyton and Alan Garner, he was devouring garden catalogues in his spare time. Dan Pearson went on to become one of the most celebrated gardeners of our time. Following in the footsteps of the legendary Vita Sackville-West, he was a weekly columnist for the _Observer_ for over a decade. He writes regularly for publications including _The Times_, _Daily Telegraph,_ and _Gardens Illustrated_.

**Number of Pages:** 448

**Dimensions:** 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.5 IN

**Publication Date:** August 28, 2018

## Details

- **Price:** 26.95 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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