With three authors, the book's info did not fit in my "title space".

It is: A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint by Jack Bodi, Meg Merrill and Catherine di Montezemolo.

Meg Merrill's name is the most familiar, she is the co-author of Nature in Needlepoint with Eva Brent.

This is a wonderful book, full of garden or flower based designs. In the last few years Kaffe Fassett has done a series of Needlepoint Kits for Erhman Tapestry based on Garden Vegetables, in close-up.

There are a few designs similar to that but that is not the bulk of the book's contents.

There are, in addition to a number of very fine flower and veggie designs, a complete alphabet done in flowers, fruits and veggies. Each "arm" of the letter is 2 inches wide and the graphs are full size, so they could be copied and used as is or adapted. There are a few Bargello based background suggestions in the back of the book, as well.

This is a truly unusual book, if you love both flowers, gardening & needlepoint (as I do) you will love this book.

This is a hardcover book published by Simon and Schuster in 1978. It features a intorduction by C.Z. Guest. a noted gardener.


A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint came without a dust jacket. The book seems to be in very good condition. The only thing I can see unusual is a slight lifting of the books "lining" 1/2 each along each side of the spine, on the front & back inside cover.

The spine, however, is very good. I am probably being a fuss-budget about this (I often am).

The pages inside are very good. the book looks and feels like it was rarely even opened.

With three authors, the book's info did not fit in my "title space".

It is: A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint by Jack Bodi, Meg Merrill and Catherine di Montezemolo.

Meg Merrill's name is the most familiar, she is the co-author of Nature in Needlepoint with Eva Brent.

This is a wonderful book, full of garden or flower based designs. In the last few years Kaffe Fassett has done a series of Needlepoint Kits for Erhman Tapestry based on Garden Vegetables, in close-up.

There are a few designs similar to that but that is not the bulk of the book's contents.

There are, in addition to a number of very fine flower and veggie designs, a complete alphabet done in flowers, fruits and veggies. Each "arm" of the letter is 2 inches wide and the graphs are full size, so they could be copied and used as is or adapted. There are a few Bargello based background suggestions in the back of the book, as well.

This is a truly unusual book, if you love both flowers, gardening & needlepoint (as I do) you will love this book.

This is a hardcover book published by Simon and Schuster in 1978. It features a intorduction by C.Z. Guest. a noted gardener.


A Gardener's Book of Needlepoint came without a dust jacket. The book seems to be in very good condition. The only thing I can see unusual is a slight lifting of the books "lining" 1/2 each along each side of the spine, on the front & back inside cover.

The spine, however, is very good. I am probably being a fuss-budget about this (I often am).

The pages inside are very good. the book looks and feels like it was rarely even opened.