Teaser Tuesday: Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Like the forest above it, the moss turf is a patchwork of many species. And if you're down on your knees with your nose poked into the earthy smell, you'll see that the moss carpet is not unbroken green.

-- Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer (OSU Press), winner of the John Burroughs Medal Award for Natural History Writing.

Moss is beautiful.  I love hiking through a lush and peaceful forest carpeted with moss, or contemplating how different kinds of mosses complete the composition of a Japanese garden. 

I wanted to read Gathering Moss because I am trying to incorporate more moss in my own landscaping.  Kimmerer's series of personal essays turned out to be as inspirational as they are informative. 

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