Wendy Johnson is one of the founders of the organic Farm and Garden Program at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in Marin County and now lives with her family in nearby Muir Beach. A Buddhist meditation teacher who is deeply engaged in environmental work nationally, she is an advisEr to the Edible Schoolyard program of the Chez Panisse Foundation and has helped to establish many garden programs in public schools and local communities throughout the Bay Area. Her column, “On Gardening,” has appeared in Tricycle: The Buddhist Review for more than ten years. This is her first book.
“Wendy Johnson shows how the garden and the shared table reconnect
us in a profound and visceral way to the earth. A beautiful book
and an invaluable resource.”—Alice Waters, founder, Chez
Panisse
“Wendy Johnson follows in the footsteps of Thoreau . . . Her book
is succulent, full of surprises, wise, tender, tough, and delicious
to read. It is for everyone who wants to live a rich, deep,
life.”—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart and After the
Ecstasy, the Laundry
“A glorious book . . . deep philosophy with dirt beneath its
fingernails.” —Bill McKibben, author of The Bill McKibben Reader:
Pieces from an Active Life and The End of Nature
“Truly magnificent, a treasure--one of those rare books that you
hope, without knowing, will appear in your life. It will keep you
in good company for years and years.”—Deborah Madison, author of
The Greens Cookbook and Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
“A bountiful harvest of wisdom, humor and passion by a master
gardener who has spent a lifetime cultivating the soil and the
spirit.” —Will Rogers, President, The Trust for Public Land
“This book is a long memory of a relationship with earth. I
am in utter awe of the gusto with which Johnson tells her
story. Read one paragraph and you'll long to hold dirt in
your hand.” —Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the
Bones and Wild Mind
“Part Zen Koan, part love poem to the land, part master’s manual in
the art and craft of gardening, Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate
satisfies body, mind, and soul like a really good meal.—Michael
Ableman, farmer; author of Fields of Plenty
“Flower and fruit of a lifetime’s horticultural experience, this
master work goes far beyond the practical gardening advice it
offers in abundance. Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate is full of
profound meditations on the chemistry and poetry of botany,
geology, and natural history, all rendered in Wendy’s unmistakably
rich voice. An instant classic.”—Norman Fischer, teacher and
founder, Everyday Zen Foundation; author of Taking Our Places: The
Buddhist Path to Truly Growing Up
"If Earth took a human voice, it would be Wendy's: wry, fierce,
passionately attentive to detail, and so startling in its wild
freedom it's almost scary. . . . This book is a tonic to the
soul. I dare anyone to read it and not be shaken into a fuller,
gladder life.” —Joanna Macy, author World as Lover, World as
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