This "abundant crop of entrancing stories" treats readers to the rich imaginings of classic authors (Virginia Woolf, Nathaniel Hawthorne, W. W. Jacobs, and more) as well as recent authors such as Matsuda Aoko and Joan Aiken, in more than twenty garden-themed excerpts. You'll find nonfiction reflection like Henry David Thoreau's ponderings over a bushel of beans, and short stories like Katherine Mansfield's "The Garden Party," where readers join protagonist Laura and her family in preparations for garden festivities. The bountiful blend of both fiction and nonfiction is the perfect gift for literary garden enthusiasts.