David Neumeyer in Austin, Texas has created, in his words: "an unofficial Henry Mitchell web site, which has, among other things, information about his books, searchable tables of contents, and links to online quotes. The highlight of the site, however, is a set of images taken by Nicholas Weber during visits to Mitchell's Washington garden in 1987."
I learned about the site in one of the forums on GardenWeb (in a message thread that's worth a look itself, as it includes anecdotes of two posters' personal encounters with Henry Mitchell), and was amused to find that the site included a certain "Wisconsin blogger" in its list of links. I love the photos on the site, particularly the one of Henry Mitchell on the site's home page, and the photo of the famous (infamous?) "dog statue" (Henry Mitchell readers of the same degree of obsessive fanhood will know what I'm talking about).
Thanks for the heads up. I am looking forward to checking it out.
Posted by: don | March 16, 2005 at 11:04 AM
how fascinating to actually see pictures of his garden. I am now inspired to start my own arch of roses. Thanks Chan!
Posted by: avril | March 17, 2005 at 07:57 AM
Essential Earthman is one of the two books I am currently reading. (The other is Voice of the Coyote by J Frank Dobie).
I have never read anything by Mitchell before. When I began to get interested in gardening I was strongly influenced by the native plants movement, which tends to disdain gardening books from the north. If you are looking for technical information or advice that is usually true.
But now I think gardeners would probably have something interesting to say, even if they were from Mars.
Posted by: Bill | March 17, 2005 at 10:53 AM