“People came from far and wide to see the Italian Gardens and buy a honeycomb or damson jam in the farm shop. The wool from the sheep and the cheese from the goats drew buyers in a queue the day… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share Image
“Nettie set out a loaf of sourdough bread from Baker's Way Bakers, a wodge of runny Camembert, and a container of leftover lamb, rich with garlic and rosemary, nestled on a bed of spicy arugula from the home garden. She'd… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share Image
“The girls seemed unconcerned and went about their days, each as lovely in their own way as the flowers they tended. Sorrel's black hair… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“She leaned in to smell the apricot-tinted rose whose petals had just unfolded into a ruffled cup. The scents of lemon, myrrh, and peach… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Sorrel watched fascinated as Delphine set out a row of glass bowls and filled them with all the ingredients for her meal. On one… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Patience drifted in the garden, her dress draping softly off one shoulder and her hair falling across her back like blood in the shadows.… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Like their mother, Honor Sparrow, dead now for twenty-some years- gone on the very day her youngest daughter, Impatiens, arrived- the sisters had all… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“When everyone arrived at the formal garden, lunch had been laid out on the terrace by unseen hands. Bowls of strawberries and frosty buckets… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Just as Patience read the people in Granite Point, searching for the troubled bits in their bodies or hearts, and Nettie collected the harvest… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Years passed with nothing to show in a land once so enchanted that bees and butterflies slept safe in the blossoms after their nectar… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“The Sparrow Sisters' roses still bloomed on New Year's Day, their scent rich and warm even when snow weighted their petals closed. When customers… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“People came from far and wide to see the Italian Gardens and buy a honeycomb or damson jam in the farm shop. The wool… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“It was as Frank said: the Sparrow Sisters Nursery had quite a reputation. Sally told Henry about the Nursery that was now a landmark… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Andrew sifted through the photos: lush, sprawling gardens of herbs and flowers, others dotted with crabapple trees, woodbine, and hawthorn- not that he could… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Roses climbed the shed, entwined with dark purple clematis, leaves as glossy as satin. There were no thorns. Patience's cupboard was overflowing with remedies,… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Stories, news, past heartbreak, future happiness, all of these were to be shared by the person at the center of the tale.” — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
“Nettie set out a loaf of sourdough bread from Baker's Way Bakers, a wodge of runny Camembert, and a container of leftover lamb, rich… — Ellen Herrick Copy Share
