Freelance journalist, author (11 books) and director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne, Simons usually writes about politics, media, and biography. Now, in
her role as a gardening enthusiast, and disclaiming expertise, she puts pen to paper to extoll the virtues of compost, vegetables, and chooks, and shares her discovery that the element which
unifies journalism and gardening is muckraking. Not a how-to book, she moves through the seasons, revealing her detailed and thoughtful observations about gardening, family, friends, and place,
and life. Presently a denizen of the inner city and with very little space for plants, she makes do and still finds joy in the morning walking her grounds, minimal as they may be. Distributed
by Independent Publishers Group. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
