Author interview: Ben Dark

…on his book, The Grove: A Nature Odyssey in 19 1/2 Front Gardens

The Grove by Ben Dark in our Daffodil Dell this week.

"Any walk is an odyssey when we connect with the plants around us. Each tree or flower tells a tale. Mundane 'suburban' shrubs speak of war and poetry, of money, fashion, love and failure. Every species in this book was seen from one pavement [sidewalk] over twelve months and there is little here tha…