Intro -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- IN THE BEGINNING -- Green-Fingered Grannies and Ancient Gentlemen -- Fiddling on the Roof -- Romantic Gleanings -- The Great Canadian Hoax -- It's Showtime -- Wild Pursuits -- For the Birds -- Feat of Clay -- Mushroom Magic -- Those Who Live in Glass Houses -- CONTRAPTUAL NEGOTIATIONS -- Farewell, Ancient Shredder -- Barrowing Along -- Cutting Loose -- All Strung Out -- War and Peace -- Tooling Around -- The Great Gate Debate -- Divisions of Labour -- Shear Drama -- The Ace of Spades -- PUTTING IT ON THE TABLE -- Mulch Ado about Everything -- Now, Who Wants to Volunteer? -- Stalk Investments -- Broad Appeal -- The Polyester Potager -- Sticks and Stones -- Ladybug Love -- The Birds and the Beasts -- Sweet Recollections -- Becoming a Seed Extremist -- GARDEN PLOTS -- Catkin Call -- Chronic Underachievers -- Going to the Dark Side -- Plant Faunaticism -- Midsummer Dreamin' -- Moon Trance -- Ivy Beleaguered -- Smell Bent -- The Ins of Outlaws -- Ghostly Gardening -- AVANT-GARDENERS -- Stumpage Spree -- Monomania -- Extreme Makeovers -- Garden Gurus and Expert Avoidance -- The Pith of Garden Greatness -- Inclined toward the Vertical -- Seeing the Light -- Whiteout Conditions -- Carved in Stone -- Scents and Sensibilities -- AND IN THE END -- Plantsman, Heal Thyself -- Storm Clouds on the Horizon -- Altered Fates -- Out of Control -- Tree Love -- Disquiet in the Forest -- Biomimicry -- Speaking Volumes -- Always Living -- Wisdom of the Aged -- PHOTOS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.