Wall, Carol  , 1951 - <br/><br/>
Mister Owita's guide to gardening  : how I learned the unexpected joy of a green thumb and an open heart 
/ by Carol Wall 
 - New York  : G. P. Putnam's Sons  , 2014 
 - 294 p.  ; 22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Garden angel -- Of particular beauty are the azaleas -- A rose between two thorns -- A promising blade of grass -- Anticipated blooms -- Approaching systems -- The canopy of the yukon gold potato -- Every yard must have its flowers -- Shades of white -- The perfect Christmas tree -- Frail magnolia -- Lemon -- A pretty sky -- Potted plants and fresh flowers -- Green plants, only -- Impatiens -- Gardening seminars -- Snow -- Tomato plants -- Seedlings -- The river -- An awkward path -- The lilies of the field -- Rolling waters -- All the things he loved -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> Describes how a period of transition in the journalist author's life marked by her empty nest, a recent illness and her aging parents led her to forge a deep friendship with a gifted Kenyan gardener with whom she transformed her yard and shared long-buried secrets. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780399157981 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014006580 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gardening---Philosophy<br/>Intercultural communication
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>SB454.3.P45  / W35 2014b 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>635 WAL