Trudi’s Garden: The Story of Trudi Temple, Founder of Market Day: Laurie Bohlke, Trudi Temple, Debra Landwehr Engle, Gail Perkins
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Lush photographs, family snapshots and sidebars with cozy (and sometimes corny) advice for keeping up one’s home and garden (”Whether a garden is large or small, make it exciting”) create a solid foundation for Temple’s uplifting memoir. Beginning with her humble childhood in 1940s and ’50s Germany, she recounts the hardships of her youth while highlighting memories of her close-knit family. (Scattered within the part about her early years are maps, time lines and recipes for some of her favorite treats.) After accepting a marriage proposal from an American pilot, Temple immigrated to the U.S. While raising her two daughters, she began Market Day. Originally designed as a small business to raise money for her church’s missions while providing her neighbors with fresh food from Chicago’s wholesale markets, it grew quickly into a food cooperative used as a fund-raising tool for education, operating in more than 19 states. Through the joy of seeing her children succeed, and the pain of losing her husband of 34 years, Temple developed a simple philosophy—sweetly illustrated here—of reducing waste and increasing her quality of life at home and in the community. 140 color photos. (Jan.)
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Review
A fascinating read! The book and pictures are as exuberant as Trudi’s garden! — Pam Duthie, author of “Continuous Bloom” and “Continuous Color”
A fascinating read! The book and pictures are as exuberant as Trudi’s garden! –Pam Duthie, author of “Continuous Bloom” and “Continuous Color”
In preparing to work in my garden, I picked up this book and never made to the garden that day! — Galen D. Gates, Director, Plant Collections, Chicago Botanic Garden
In preparing to work in my garden, I picked up this book and never made to the garden that day! –Galen D. Gates, Director, Plant Collections, Chicago Botanic Garden
Seldom have I seen such beautiful photographs with such a compelling story! — David Middleton, nature photographer and writer
Seldom have I seen such beautiful photographs with such a compelling story! –David Middleton, nature photographer and writer