Uprooted

A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again

By: Page Dickey

Narrated by: Alex McKenna

“Uprooted reveals how a late-life uprooting changed Dickey as a gardener.” —The Wall Street Journal

When Page Dickey moved away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill, she left a landscape she had spent thirty-four years making, nurturing, and loving. She found her next chapter in northwestern Connecticut, on 17 acres of rolling fields and woodland around a former Methodist church. In Uprooted, Dickey reflects on this transition and on what it means for a gardener to start again.

In these pages, fol­low her journey: searching for a new home, discovering the ins and outs of the landscape surround­ing her new garden, establishing the garden, and learning how to be a different kind of gardener. The sur­prise at the heart of the book? Although Dickey was sad to leave her beloved garden, she found herself thrilled to begin a new garden in a wilder, larger landscape.

Written with humor and elegance, Uprooted is an endearing story about transitions—and the satisfaction and joy that new horizons can bring.

Outstanding Garden Story

For anyone who loves to read all the gritty and delightful details of starting a garden on a new
property, this is the story for you. I can find no negatives here. I felt as though I were walking along with the author as she first explored the land and then set about restoring it in a more natural way. It’s also a tale about scaling back on garden maintenance as one grows older. I can relate. And just a word about the narrator….exceptionally good. I would hope to find more narratives like like this one.