Sydney Eddison is an American poet, author, and horticulturalist.[1][2][3][4]

In June 2022, Eddison was awarded the Gustav A.L. Mehlquist Award by The Connecticut Horticulture Society.[5]

Publications

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  • A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992)[6]
  • A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993)[7]
  • The Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter (Houghton, 1995)[8]
  • The Self-Taught Gardener: Lessons from a Country Garden (Viking Books, 1997)[9]
  • A Gardener's Palette: The Ultimate Garden Plant Planner (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1998)
  • A Year at North Hill: Four Seasons in a Vermont Garden (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999)
  • Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older (Timber Press, 2010)[10]
  • Gardens of Awe and Folly: A Traveler's Journal on the Meaning of Life and Gardening (Tilbury House Publishers, 2016)
  • Fragments of Time: Poems of Gratitude for Everyday Miracles (2016)

References

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  1. ^ HOMEYER, Henry (April 1, 2017). "GARDEN AUTHOR finds new avocation IN HER 80s". Rutland Herald.
  2. ^ D'Orio, Amy (May 25, 1997). "Garden Fever? How to Apply a Little Balm" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ Browning, Dominique (June 4, 2010). "Gardening Books" – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Raver, Anne (May 9, 1993). "CUTTINGS; Carving Out a Garden" – via NYTimes.com.
  5. ^ Hicks, Shannon. "CT Horticulture Society Deems Sydney Eddison An 'Unsurpassed Talent'". www.newtownbee.com.
  6. ^ "A Patchwork Garden". Kirkus Reviews. 1990-03-15. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  7. ^ "A Passion for Daylilies: The Flowers and the People". Booklist. 1992-05-15. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  8. ^ "The Unsung Season: Gardens and Gardeners in Winter". Booklist. 1995-11-01. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  9. ^ "The Self-Taught Gardener: Lessons from a Country Garden by Sydney Eddison". Publishers Weekly. 1997-03-03. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  10. ^ "Gardening for a Lifetime: How to Garden Wiser as You Grow Older". Booklist. 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2024-08-09.