{"product_id":"a-place-all-our-own-mary-irish-9780816512829","title":"A Place All Our Own: Lives Entwined in a Desert Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor twenty years Mary Irish, along with her husband Gary, tended a garden in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over the years they transformed it into a lively and lovely spot that reflected both its place in the world--hot, dry, and often hostile to gardeners who don't understand its ways--and the particular passions of its two creators. Of course, not everything went as planned, and the garden talked back as much as it obeyed. But for these two gardeners, the unexpected outcome is one of gardening's great pleasures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Irish is a delightful writer. With grace, wit, and obvious affection, she tells the story of how she and Gary transformed a barren half-acre plot around their house in the center of Greater Phoenix into a haven: for its creators and their friends, for the birds and insects and other critters that have discovered it, and for the plants that have made it their home. Although it describes the experience of gardening in one of the most extreme climates in the inhabited world, \u003ci\u003eA Place All Our Own\u003c\/i\u003e will interest anyone who gardens--and everyone who enjoys a well-told, true-life nature tale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Irish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816512825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816512829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards - Winner","brand":"Mary Irish","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079367684351,"sku":"9780816512829","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46b39b52-7b9a-47e8-9f98-8bd2fe1b4243.jpg?v=1685480736","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-place-all-our-own-mary-irish-9780816512829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}