Isn't he great? I especially love The Collector's Garden, not just because it's well-written and has some great gardens in it, but because it makes me feel like I'm comparatively normal.

One of his gardens was written up recently in the NY Times - something very dramatic, in the Pacific northwest, I think.

Tee hee, MoR, yes, he does. In fact, when I bought _The Collector's Garden_, all available copies of it in my area were being sold shrink-wrapped in plastic. I love that book, for all reasons mentioned above by Nan. But I think my favorite of his is _The Passion for Gardening_.

Amanda

Ooh, thanks, Amanda, now I have something to put on my Christmas list. I haven't seen that one yet.

Kris,
Christmas box from Amazon arrived holding treasures by Druse, Bloom, and others. Sadly the box disappeared before I could dive in. I think DH needs to keep his hands off my porn and find his own. Katy

I just had to say that I got a chuckle out of the title of this thread :o)

I have his Collectors Garden book and enjoy it also.

It's so funny to read this as well. I have several of Ken's bks & have seen him speak at plant conferences and the like. Curious that in reading Peter Loewer's 1988 GREAT BOOK called, American Gardens there was Ken Druse and his garden on the rooftop of a New York City SOHO 100-year old Bank building. Seems that before this, he was living in New England, and now lives in New Jersey. It was a 1500 sq. feet rooftop garden that he configured with large whisky barrels and other structures along with a capillary watering system.
Funny thing is that back then, (although I beg to differ), invasive plants like Purple Loosestrife were grown and excused, and here on Ken's rooftop garden it's planted. I guess the alternative non-invasive's like Liatris or Agastache foeniculum wouldn't fit the bill; it's funny though during his lectures of several years ago, he had a late start jumping on the bandwagon of garden writers screaming at us, and rightly so, about using invasive plants in our garden designs.
Regardless, he's still mentioned as,"The best-selling garden book author in North America".
FYI
Best and Merry Christmas,
PP