Further Along the Garden Path: A Beyond-The-Basics Guide to the Gardening Year - Hardcover

Lovejoy, Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0025755854 ISBN 13: 9780025755857

Publisher: Wiley, 1995

Synopsis

A book for the intermediate gardener is organized by month, caters to gardeners who have learned basic gardening skills, provides solutions to a wide range of gardening obstacles, and offers more sophisticated plant selection, design, and garden elements.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This is an indispensable hands-on guide for novice and intermediate gardeners who want to move to the next level of gardening. With 150 full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions, practical suggestions, time-saving maintenance tips,suggested plant groupings and beautiful combinations, this gorgeous volume can help you make your garden truly spectacular. advanced techniques and professional-level tips that can be easily incorporated into a standard routine for year-round gardening are included.

From Booklist:

Lovejoy, author of several other books, offers a yearlong course for intermediate gardeners. Organized by seasons (because that's how garden work is done, she says), the book gives instructions on such tasks as assessing a garden site, coaxing early blooms from spring shrubs, pruning, preparing beds and borders, applying spring feeding mulches, staking and layering plants, and composting. She introduces readers to some lesser-known but reliable plants and gives tips on creating long-lasting plant combinations. This informative and lavish book has 150 full-color photographs. George Cohen

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0025755854
• ISBN 13: 9780025755857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256