New Zealanders are lovers of gardens and poetry and this beautiful volume brings these two passions together, in a treasury of 88 moving and arresting poems, chosen by respected anthologist and poet Harvey McQueen and accompanied by outstanding flower imagery. Some of the poets featured in the collection include Lauris Edmond, Jenny Bornholdt, Ursula Bethell, Fleur Adcock, Cilla McQueen, Bernadette Hall, Hone Tuwhare, Albert Wendt, Brian Turner, Janet Frame, Bill Sewell, Allen Curnow, Elizabeth Smither and Karlo Mila.