Merrett, who researches and writes about Edmonton and volunteers in horticulture and history areas, traces Edmonton’s gardening history. She describes the Canadian city’s settlement history and
its horticultural optimism, the Edmonton Horticultural Society, the relationship between gardens and nature, vacant lot gardening, rose gardening, Chinese market gardeners, and the roles of
photographer and gardening advocate Gladys Reeves, settler Donald Ross, florist Walter Ramsay, seedsman Alfred Pike, plant breeders Georges Bugnet and Robert Simonet, gardener and public figure
Lois Hole, and horticulturist and public servant John Helder. Distributed in the US by Wayne State University Press. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
