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The backyard has long been a space associated with recreation and relaxation, a private patch of earth to escape to, and a springboard for the imagination. In her signature style and drawing on her personal experience as a mother, gardener, and author, Amanda Thomsen encourages kids to create kingdoms of their own making, right in their own backyards. With whimsical projects for every season and any setting, from forest to pavement, fun-seeking kids and their families will rediscover the yard as a place for inspired play, using repurposed materials and existing features of outdoor spaces. Whether they're creating tiny gardens inhabited by action figures, weaving a secret hideaway out of a loom of twine and twigs, or setting sidewalk cracks on fire with Coffeemate, Backyard Adventure lets kids of all ages turn their yards into a place they can call their own.
About the Author
Big, loud and fun- Amanda Thomsen has been a horticulture professional for 20 years and wants to tell you ALLLL about it. Her blog, Kiss My Aster (at kissmyaster.com) , has alienated/enraptured dozens for 14 years. Her first book, Kiss My Aster, is a choose-your-own-adventure type, bizarrely illustrated book of home landscaping aimed at Millennials and other fun people looking to break the suburban mold. Her second book, Backyard Adventure, is a trickster nod to getting kids outside for their own wellbeing (and their parents' too) . She lives in the Chicago suburbs with her family, Husky, Paug (dachshund/pug) and evil cat.
