Garden Memoir sure to enchant

 

Garden Truths From My Family’s Stories

By Chris Eirschele

c. 2013

36-page book with eight chapters, photographs

 

“The innate ability to grow plants is a gift from my parents; this is their story; what I did with it is mine.”

 

Garden Truths is a charming story of family, legacy, gifts, secrets and joy, through it all, growing things. Eirschele’s memoir will touch readers who have fond memories of their parents.

 

Eirschele’s dad loved to grow flowers from bulbs and perennials, and especially loved to share them. Some of the authors’ family and friends shared their memories of the precious gift.

 

Throughout the book, Eirschele has photographs of her own plants, plants that illustrate the chapters. She also takes care to include instructions for the growth, nurture, and storage of the plants she talks about.

 

From lilies to sweet Williams to her mother’s indoor potted citrus trees (an orangery), exotic plants, and fruit and vegetable hints, Eirschele’s gentle memoir is sure to enchant.

 

 

About the Author:

Chris Eirschele is a freelance garden writer whose current work is found on www.BucketTripper.com. Chris' inspiration comes from plants grown, gardens explored and garden paths traveled. Her articles have been read in such far ranging publications as Ohio Gardener, Greenhouse Grower and Milwaukee Magazine. Her muse resides at her blog, www.StayGardening.com.

She is a past Master Gardener with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee County Extension and as member of the Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners and was horticulturally educated at Milwaukee Area Technical College. A native of Wisconsin, Chris now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

She has maintained a membership with the Garden Writers Association since 2006. Chris' past memberships include the Perennial Plant Association and the Daylily Society of SouthEast Wisconsin.

New book! GARDEN TRUTHS FROM MY FAMILY’S STORIES

GARDEN TRUTHS FROM MY FAMILY’S STORIES IS A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON THE AUTHOR’S LIFE GROWING UP WITH HER GARDENING PARENTS IN WISCONSIN

Gardeners present a quirky way of living life. For this child of parents who made growing plants a part of everyday living, the memories kept, as well collected from relatives, developed into a fun retrospective.

Author Chris Eirschele shares her recollections of growing up with gardening parents all living in a little pink house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in an ebook entitled, Garden Truths From My Family’s Stories. Made up of eight chapters of comical, sad and inspirational essays, the pages are dotted with photos from the author’s collection. According to Eirschele, “The garden became a knowable space where I was at home before I ever realized these feelings would even matter.” The author’s parents shared their garden life in their decidedly middle-class Wisconsin home with family and friends. Sometimes quirky or funny but always sincere, they brought the gardening life with them wherever they visited.

Chris Eirschele is a freelance garden writer whose current work is found on www.BucketTripper.com. Chris' inspiration for writing comes from plants grown, gardens explored and garden paths traveled. Her articles have been read in such far ranging publications as Ohio Gardener, Greenhouse Grower and Milwaukee Magazine. Her muse resides at her blog, www.StayGardening.com.

She is a past Master Gardener with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee County Extension and as member of the Southeast Wisconsin Master Gardeners and was horticulturally educated at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

A native of Wisconsin, Chris now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
She has maintained a membership with the Garden Writers Association since 2006. Chris' past memberships include the Perennial Plant Association and the Daylily Society of SouthEast Wisconsin.

Garden Truths From My Family’s Stories is her first ebook. Self-published and sold by Amazon

 Digital Services, Inc. (ASIN: B00BDV05U0)

 

--Watch for my review in August!