A graceful and sharply observed book of inspiration that uses the garden as its central muse<br><br><b>A New Leaf</b> traces a year of growing seasons at The Leaf, Merilyn Simonds' acreage in eastern Ontario. A lifelong gardener, Simonds works the soil and the soul for wide-ranging revelations about everything from flowers that keep time, to the strange gift of compost, to great gardens of the world, to things lost and found underground.<br><br>She is joined on her journey by a host of companions — including her Beloved, who tills by her side; the Rosarian, who tends to both bud and thorn in roses and life; and the Frisarian, who weeds unwelcome visitors to make room for new growth. Intelligent and intimate, irreverent and elegant, <b>A New Leaf</b> offers a cornucopia of enrichment and inspiration for the fertile mind.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>