Second Nature (book)

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education was Michael Pollan's first book. It is a collection of essays about gardening arranged by seasons.

Second Nature

1991 reprint cover
Author	Michael Pollan
Language	English
Publisher	Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print
Pages	258
ISBN	9780871134431
OCLC	30147105
Followed by	A Place of My Own

It is listed in the American Horticultural Society's 75 Great American Garden Books.^[1]

In the book, Pollan describes the relationship between the wild and gardens, nature vs. cultivation, and nature vs. chemicals. He discusses the difficulty of raising roses, which have become so specialized that they can no longer survive in the wild.