COUGAR ANNIE'S GARDEN

Surrounded by tall trees and taller tales, Cougar Annie’s garden is a legend on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

In 1915, the tough, wily pioneer known as Cougar Annie arrived on the coast. The five-acre garden she cleared in the rainforest became her lifeblood, her burden, her passion. For nearly seventy years she stayed here, rarely leaving. Here she bore eight children, outlived four husbands and may even have shot one of them.

As she grew old, Cougar Annie’s garden became radically overgrown; it seemed doomed to die with her. Against all odds, it has been restored, and blooms again in the wilderness.

Margaret Horsfield’s book is a heart-lifting story of stubborn achievement and of an enduring love of the land.

Winner of the Haig-Brown Prize for best book about British Columbia in 2000, Cougar Annie's Garden has been reprinted three times and continues to be widely acclaimed.

Cougar Annie’s Garden, ISBN 0-9697008-1-4

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