{"product_id":"9781550176346","title":"Heart \u0026 Soil: The Revolutionary Good of Gardens","description":"Writer, environmentalist and gardener Des Kennedy has gathered together his best, most outrageous and most contemplative articles and essays of the past decade into a book full of playful wit and insight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKennedy recounts one newspaper’s April Fool’s Day prank that had men across the UK buying heather in order to propagate a poor-man’s Viagra, expands on his trials creating a sod sloped roof, admits he once wanted to write a stump-puller’s guide to the universe and contemplates the dark beauty—and rat feces smell—of a voodoo lily. The articles are tied together with Kennedy’s assertion that gardening is a revolutionary act of maintaining harmony with nature that intertwines the human spirit with the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA book that will appeal to any who admire earth’s raw beauty, \u003ci\u003eHeart and Soil\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection from a respected Canadian who has dedicated his life to protecting and respecting the environment, cultivating his passion with a healthy sprinkling of humour.","brand":"Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132548268272,"sku":"9781550176346","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550176346_p0.jpg?v=1763751015","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550176346","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}