The City Gardener's Handbook : The Definitive Guide to Small Space Gardening
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Book Description
The City Gardener's Handbook is the definitive guide to gardening in small spaces - whether on a balcony, in a container, or in a small yard - covering planting, design, and maintenance.
The problems and challenges facing gardeners in cities, suburban condos, or apartment complexes are unique, and Linda Yang has personally experienced every small-space gardening situation she writes about. Yang offers a wealth of practical advice on planning a garden that will be attractive all year long; selecting wind-, heat-, moisture-, or drought-tolerant species; and coping with pollutants, insects, and more. Charts and lists supply information on the best city plants for flowers, foliage, and fragrance, as well as ground covers, small weeping trees and dwarf shrubs, soil mixes for containers, and practical mulches. The updated mail-order source list is an essential tool for gardeners who find it difficult to locate plants and supplies. The City Gardener's Handbook is an invaluable resource for any gardener facing the challenge of growing plants where space is limited, whether in the dooryard of a suburban townhouse or on a mid-city rooftop.
About the Author
Linda Yang, former garden columnist for The New York Times, writes about city gardening from a lifetime of dirty fingernails that, she admits, includes "'quite a few trials and more than one error."' Originally trained as an architect at the University of Pennsylvania, she has chosen to walk a garden path instead, and for more than three decades her garden articles and photographs have appeared in numerous periodicals. She presently tills one-fortieth of an acre behind a New York City townhouse five blocks east of Rockefeller Center, where she resides with her husband , John, and cat, Cleome hassleriana.
The City Gardener's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Small Space Gardening,Linda Yang,Storey Publishing, LLC,1580174493,Container gardening,Flowers - General,Gardening,Gardening / Horticulture,Gardening/Plants,Reference,Gardening / Flowers / General
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