Filled with design tips, plant ideas and over 200 photos, Garden Up! offers inspiration and how-to information for enhancing any outdoor space with vertical elements. Authors Morrison and Sweet cover everything from living wall projects simple enough for a home gardener to tackle to creative solutions for blank walls and narrow beds.
In chapters like 'Arbors and Trellises' and 'Garden Secrets', the book offers a wealth of design advice and problem solving solutions for traditional gardeners. Small space gardeners, DIYers and those looking to incorporate the latest vertical techniques into their gardens will appreciate sections that examine 'skinny space' planting beds, urban gardens, edibles and living walls. In keeping with their problem solving approach to gardening and design, Morrison and Sweet have arranged their
plant picks chapter by solution rather than plant type. Each chapter features a design spotlight that examines a specific garden and breaks down the elements that went into its creation.
The range of gardens included in the book support the authors' belief that vertical gardening is more than a temporary trend - it's here to stay.
Susan Morrison is a landscape designer, garden writer, blogger and Master Gardener based in Northern California. In addition to writing for traditional media publications such as Fine Gardening, Susan blogs about her life as a designer and shares her challenges and successes as a home gardener at "Blue Planet Garden Blog". An early convert to the value of social media, she connects with gardeners from all over the world via Twitter and Facebook, and online is a founding member of the Lawn Reform Coalition and the Garden Designers Roundtable.
Rebecca Sweet is a landscape designer, garden writer, and blogger located in the Bay Area of California. Her gardens have been featured in publications such as Woman's Day, Fine Gardening and Fine Homebuilding. In addition, Rebecca is a columnist for Horticulture and online is a founding member of the Garden Designers Roundtable and part of the Fiskars blogging team. In her popular blog "Gossip in the Garden", Rebecca shares gardening tips, design strategies and how-to videos for both the novice and experienced gardener.