..". a common-sense handbook for gardeners... It will help slackenthe stress level that gardening was never meant to bring." --HortScience

"(Diane Heilenman) gets to the heart, the soul and the humor shared by all in the gardening world... both a practicalreference and an inspiration... " -- The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN)

Diane Heilenman tells novice and experiencedgardeners how to cope in this difficult and trying climate, create gardensappropriate for the region, and select flowers, plants, trees, and shrubs that willbe happy -- and in turn make us happy. The gardening columnist for the LouisvilleCourier-Journal, Heilenman is also a gifted thinker who grapples with what it meansto garden in our time.