{"product_id":"the-accidental-garden-gardens-wilderness-and-the-space-in-between-9781681379906","title":"The Accidental Garden: Gardens, Wilderness, and the Space in Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of Britain's greatest nature writers blends horticulture with philosophy in this intimate memoir about gardening, rewilding, and a path forward amid climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat is a garden? Must it be an arena for the display of human mastery or might it be something less determined, more generous, a handshake with nature rather than a clenched fist? These are questions that Richard Mabey, arguably England's greatest nature writer, asks and considers in his new book, part memoir, part treatise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the pressing surrounds of the inventive, half-wild garden that Mabey, an instinctive rewilder, and his partner Polly, a determined grower, have shared for two decades, Mabey weighs past hopes and visions against the environmental emergency of the present. In beeches and bush crickets he sees proof of adaptation and survival; in commons and meadows he finds natural processes at work yet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wise and witty stylist, under no illusions but attuned to delight, Mabey locates in his small patch of planet a place to test assumptions, to inhabit other species' sensoriums, to observe how myriad species establish common ground. \"Be interpreters, scribes, witnesses, neighbors,\" urges Mabey, \"the welcomers at the gate.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681379906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Richard Mabey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45396564312245,"sku":"9781681379906","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_576e0f92-847d-424f-8d66-41b4181e4459.jpg?v=1747750392","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-accidental-garden-gardens-wilderness-and-the-space-in-between-9781681379906","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}