Author: Fine Gardening
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: gardening, guides, design, spaces, small, fine
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2002-12-10
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1561585807
ISBN-13: 9781561585809
The eighth title in the Fine Gardening Design series illustrates innumerable techniques to make a little garden space go a long way. It shows how to create a garden that feels much larger than it is, and demonstrates how small gardens can create privacy. A look at sample gardens reveals some of the tips and tricks of gardening in small spaces, such as using diagonal lines and breaking areas into individual sections. Sound advice on pruning and selecting appropriate plants helps readers transform a small lot into a place of beauty and comfort. Featuring designs from some of America’s best-kno
Author: Steven A. FrowineThe National Gardening Associati
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, basics, gardening
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2007-02-05
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0470037490
ISBN-13: 9780470037492
You’re now officially out of excuses for not planting the garden of your dreams. Even if you’ve never sowed a seed nor pulled a weed, Gardening Basics For Dummies contains everything you need to know about flowers, beds, borders, trees, shrubs, and lawns to create your own private paradise. This friendly and informative guide also covers all of the tools and additives available to make gardening easier. You’ll discover: Clear definitions and descriptions of the different types of plants Tips on choosing the type of garden you want How to create a garden plan Ea
Author: Vincent Drzewucki
Publisher: Brick Tower Books
Keywords: gardening, series, guides, country, deer
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 1998-01-25
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1883283094
ISBN-13: 9781883283094
Deer...you love them or you hate them, but no matter what, deer have an appetite for delicious plants we plant in our garden and around our home. You’ve seen the residue in the morning: spiked hostas, chomped impatiens, mangled hydrangea. How can an animal that cute be so hungry? Fences and sprays and dogs just don’t go far enough and most people stop short of venison surprise for dinner.
Author: Fine Gardening
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: america, gardeners, ideas, creative, containers, gardening
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2002-01-09
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1561585572
ISBN-13: 9781561585571
America’s best gardeners share their secrets for designing beautiful container gardens. Gardening in Containers is filled with clever and inspiring ideas for creating dynamic plant combinations, designing containers for year-round interest, selecting the best plants, and using containers throughout the garden.
Authors:The National Gardening Association, Bob Beckstrom, K
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, one, gardening
Number of Pages: 744
Published: 2003-02-28
List price: $29.99
ISBN-10: 0764525557
ISBN-13: 9780764525551
Seven books in one deliver the dirt on gardening success Your one-stop guide to a beautiful garden – no experience required! Puzzled by pruning? Anguishing over landscaping? Can’t tell a hosta from a hyacinth? Don’t worry! This all-in-one reference delivers all the know-how you need to transform an ordinary backyard into a glorious garden. Drawing on the expertise of the National Gardening Association, this garden primer shows you how to have fun playing in the dirt – and start smelling the roses. The Dummies Way Coverage of the essentials and beyond Expl
Author: Maria Thun
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
Keywords: gardening, art, sowing, planting, harvesting, new, introduction, life, biodynamic, way, practical
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2000-07
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1869890329
ISBN-13: 9781869890322
A practical introduction to a revolutionary art of gardening, sowing, planting, and harvesting. Biodynamic techniques are based on the recognition that plants are intimately connected with and depend on live, vital soil. These methods also attempt to harmonize with the influences of the moon phases and cosmos as a whole. You will learn the best times to plant various vegetables; how to deal with pests and diseases; ways to build the soil; and the effects of planets and stars on plant growth. Maria Thun is an authority on biodynamics with a lifetime of experience. A book in the Hawthorn Pre
Authors:Fine Gardening, Lee Anne White,
Publisher: Taunton Pre
Keywords: design, guides, gardening, fine, beds, borders, creating
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2001-01-14
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1561584738
ISBN-13: 9781561584734
Creating Beds and Borders covers everything from layout to plant selection. Aimed at the North American gardener, the information is based on the experiences of 15 top designers who stress experimenting with color, texture, and form; show how to use color to dazzling effect; and promote the idea of leaving some of the design to chance. Lee Anne White is the former editor of Fine Gardening.
