Green Machines and Other Amazing Eco-Inventions: A Dr. Seuss's The Lorax Nonfiction Book (Dr. Seuss's The Lorax Books) - Hardcover

Meadows, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593488040 ISBN 13: 9780593488041

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2024

Synopsis

The Natural Gardener is based on the BBC television series "The Flying Gardener," in which Chris Beardshaw looks at a variety of plants in their different habitats, revealing how nature achieves what the gardener strives for. He demonstrates how a knowledge of local conditions and climate can aid gardeners in selecting and cultivating plants for their own settings. He then identifies 5 types of garden, exploring each in detail, including practical information on the ideal situation, plants for each garden type, and tips on maintenance throughout the year. Lavishly illustrated with color photos, The Natural Gardener shows that the best gardeners are those who understand the importance of the conditions in which they work—and that the best teacher is nature itself.

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Review

Back to basics in the garden. Back to nature too. Not all gardeners are as tuned in to the rhythms of nature as they could be, and they make gardening much harder than it needs to be as a result. They are up against it a lot of the time, trying to grow the wrong plants in the wrong conditions. The principle here is that nature will complete what the gardener strives for, providing the gardener works with and not against garden type, setting and climate. This is above all a practical gardening book filled with details (and illustrations) about how to grow plants successfully in the right conditions. Gardener, know thy garden, is the message. The author has his own BBC2 series The Flying Gardener and is a presenter on Gardener's World.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2024
• ISBN 10: 0593488040
• ISBN 13: 9780593488041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Ruiz Aristides