Author:
Kassinger, Ruth, 1954-
Imprint:New York, NY : William Morrow, c2010.
Description:xvi, 347 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Note:The plant at the top of the stairs -- Oranges -- Construction -- Plant hunting -- Beyond foliage -- Entertaining -- Wintergardens -- Perfect plants -- Ferns -- Invaders -- Apopka -- Paradise -- Living walls.
Note:A witty and absorbing memoir about one woman's unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban home, interwoven with the history of conservatories from the Renaissance to today.
