The book presents a series of photographs taken at Little Sparta, the garden of the Ian Hamilton Finlay alongside, poems and essays. Finlay and Gillanders were friends and collaborators. This book includes photographs of their partnership taken at Finlay's garden, from 1993 until his death in 2006. Essays by 4 major authorities on Finlay’s life are included in the book by academics, Stephen Bann, and Greg Thomas along with poets Alistair Peebles and Alec Finlay.