Love Letter to a Garden

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Pub Date Apr 15 2025 | Archive Date Apr 15 2025

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Debbie Millman—an award-winning writer, designer, and host of the podcast Design Matters—always thought of herself as a bad gardener. Nevertheless, she kept trying. Over the years she came to realize that no one is a bad gardener, we’re all just questing for a garden, a journey that develops over time, through space, and evolves along with our hearts. In Love Letter to a Garden, Debbie Millman shares her journey to make and grow a garden—and the plants she has collected along the way—a process that started with handed-down houseplants from beloved friends and a lone peony observed for many seasons on a city street until it one day disappeared. This led to Millman growing gardens in both New York City and Los Angeles. Spread throughout are simple recipes using the garden's ingredients from Millman’s wife, bestselling author Roxane Gay. Love Letter to a Garden is a little gem of a book—an inspiring, impulse-friendly story that can be read in one setting, then shared, experienced, pollinated, and perpetuated.
 

Debbie Millman—an award-winning writer, designer, and host of the podcast Design Matters—always thought of herself as a bad gardener. Nevertheless, she kept trying. Over the years she came to realize...


Advance Praise

"A tender ode to the passage of time, to the quiet ways in which nature anneals and consecrates our human nature, and an exquisite testament to the personal as the supreme portal to the universal." —Maria Popova, writer

"Wise, profound and beautiful. It will unlock your soul."—Seth Godin, author of The Song of Significance

“While culture drags us toward the artificial, Millman returns us to real intelligence: nature’s rhythm of planting, patience, bloom. This book is a modern Gift from the Sea, reminding us that all the joy, wisdom, peace and magic we need is right here in forests, in neighborhoods, in backyards, in a single seed. As Millman awakens our awe for the miraculous planet, perhaps we’ll also find the drive to save it.”—Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed

“I needed this passionate love letter—a gorgeous reminder to plant, tend, endure, wait, and discover, because only then will we gather our most nourishing dreams.”—Min Jin Lee, author of Pachinko, finalist for the National Book Award

“Gardening, like love and cooking, is a contract with hope. It doesn't matter if you have a small garden or a large garden or no garden: we all need this delightful, beautiful book now more than ever. With wonderful recipes born from the combination of affection and flavor, Love Letter to a Garden is the story of what it means to plant the seeds of sustenance and watch them grow into nourishment not only for the body but the soul.”—Elissa Altman, author of Motherland

Love Letter to a Garden is bold, beautiful, brilliant, and deeply personal. I have never read a book that at once makes me want to plunge my hands in the soil, hug my beloved, and cook a meal.” —Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming, winner of the National Book Award

"Oh, what a book! Debbie Millman is a living love letter—to creativity, curiosity, and the importance of paying exquisitely careful attention. You will find her wisdom here, you’ll see her artistry, but most importantly, you’ll encounter her singular heart, gloriously and abundantly on display.” —Mariska Hargitay & Peter Hermann, Actors & Activists

"A tender ode to the passage of time, to the quiet ways in which nature anneals and consecrates our human nature, and an exquisite testament to the personal as the supreme portal to the universal."...


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ISBN 9781643264981
PRICE $20.00 (USD)
PAGES 156

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Debbie Millman has written a gorgeous thoughtful ode to life to the bounty from the garden.Her thoughtful words and the beautiful illustrations make this a feast for the eyes& her wife’s Roxanne Gays recipes using the gifts from the authors garden make for a spectacular meal..I will be giving Love Letter to a Garden to dear friends.#netgalley#timberpress.

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What a lovely little book about flowers and the love for them! It’s a very short book that you can read in 30 minutes or less with lovely illustrations. As a flower lover, I really enjoyed this book, I recognized myself in it!
5 stars out of 5 for me!!!

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"Love Letter to a Garden" by Debbie Millman is a heartfelt reflection on her evolving journey as a gardener. Starting with gifted houseplants and inspiration from a lone city peony, she cultivated gardens in both New York and Los Angeles. Interwoven with recipes from her wife, Roxane Gay, this book is a charming and inspiring celebration of growth, perseverance, and the deep connection between gardens and the heart.

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