The 3000-Mile Garden: An Exchange of Letters on Gardening, Food, and the Good Life

World famous gardening and nature photographer Roger Phillips, who lives in London, met American food writer Leslie Land at a mushroom foray in New Hampshire. They hit it off immediately, discovering shared passions for gardening, food, and life. This delightful book is a record of their long-distance friendship, charmingly recounted through their original letters and notes to each other over a four-year period. Roger's garden is Eccleston Square, a three-acre private park in the heart of London. Leslie has a small cottage garden carved out of the wilds of rural Maine. Roger, a flowering shrub enthusiast and rose specialist, regales Leslie with the problems of gardening by committee and the joys of experimenting with exotic plants. Leslie talks of tulips and tomatoes, her struggles with woodchucks and deer, the kitchen experiments connecting her work with her garden. Their exchange of ideas, bed plans, practical tips, and recipes, full of humor and sharp observation, became a best-seller in England and has inspired a six-part public television series.