THE GARDENER'S BEDSIDE READER KARI CORNELL

By day, we are tucking our gardens in for the snow-blowy days we know aren't too, too far away. So, at night, it's not too soon to curl up with great good bedtime reads, about--what else--the garden. The collection of writers tucked inside the covers of "The Gardener's Bedside Reader", edited by Kari Cornell, well, it's enough to make for the sweetest dream. There's ever-brilliant Michael Pollan, who takes us into his rose garden, and Susan Orlean, she of "Orchid Thief" fame. And, for those of us still mourning Tasha Tudor's passing last summer, there is Tovah Martin who tiptoes into the great illustrator's Vermont garden. Not only is the book spilling with succulent words and passages but there are charming vintage illustrations from seed packets and flower catalogs, and decadent photos of gardens to whip your dreams into a frenzy. Hardcover: 256 pages