James Golden’s Wild Garden-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 14, 2022James Golden’s Wild Garden-A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach February 14, 2022

<p>There's an old expression in gardening, a folksy piece of advice that states: "Don't fight the site." </p> <p>James Golden has been guided by a more nuanced version of that idea in creating a much praised garden, a wildish, unexpected landscape in New Jersey called<a href="https://federaltwist.com/"> Federal Twist.</a> It was even featured on the hit BBC program “Gardeners' World" with Monty Don. I've been reading James's new book about Federal Twist, and just like that old garden adage, a lot of his philosophy of garden making is about acceptance, about letting the place tell you what it wants to be. </p> <p>James Golden came to garden making later in life, when he was preparing to retire from a writing job in the corporate world. His new book is <a href="https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwjli_DF-_f1AhUUELMAHfOjCWsYABAIGgJ5bQ&amp;ae=2&amp;sig=AOD64_3N1rDQ6s35JVrUT5-bsu7CqKCe8w&amp;ctype=5&amp;q=&amp;ved=2ahUKEwj5zuTF-_f1AhWUkokEHavHD6cQ9aACegQIAhBI&amp;adurl=">“The View from Federal Twist: A New Way of Thinking About Gardens, Nature, and Ourselves.” </a></p>