Low Maintenance Gardening: A Time-saving Guide to Trouble-free Gardening - Softcover

Andi Clevely

9780711229693: Low Maintenance Gardening: A Time-saving Guide to Trouble-free Gardening

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0711229694 ISBN 13: 9780711229693

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Publishers, 2009

This is the book for gardeners who are enthusiastic but restricted by lack of opportunity, ability or stamina, or for those who want to have an attractive garden but are simply reluctant to devote time and energy to looking after one. Andi Clevely shows you a combination of intelligent design and a practical approach can reduce the amount of maintenance and intervention needed to keep a garden both beautiful and trouble-free. He shows you how to honestly appraise what to include in the garden, carefully plan the way you look after it and understand all the processes involved that will help you avoid unnecessary work and demands for attention. The book includes a full range of recommended plant species and varieties, interspersed as features through the book. The book follows the same principles as the first four books in the series, Patios, Water in the Garden, City Garden and Plants in Potsexplores the essential features of the subject; provides everything you need to know about it; written intelligently and creatively with a firmly practical focus; explains in straightforward language; stands out with an attractive contemporary design.

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Review:

Clevely demonstrates how careful planning and plant selection will give the garden you want. Clever and practical with masses of beautiful photographic inspiration (there are some stunning outdoor spaces here), Low Maintenance Gardening shows us how even the most hectic of schedules can include the garden. --Waterstone's Books Quarterly

Strapped for time? That doesn't mean you should have a dull garden. This lovely colourful book contains advice, projects and beautiful pictures on how to make the most of your garden, whilst keeping the amount of time you spend on it to an absolute minimum. --Amateur Gardening

Packed with great photographs which should encourage even the most cautious gardener to learn some valuable tips in time and effort saving. --Longrdge News

Synopsis:

This is the book for gardeners who are enthusiastic but restricted by lack of opportunity, ability or stamina, or for those who want to have an attractive garden but are reluctant to devote time and effort to all the traditional chores and routines. During his long experience as a professional gardener, distinguished garden writer Andi Clevely shows how a combination of intelligent design and a practical approach can reduce the amount of maintenance and intervention needed to keep a garden both beautiful and trouble-free. He shows you how to make an honest appraisal of what to include in your garden and how a carefully planned approach to looking after it, and an understanding of the processes involved, will help you avoid unnecessary work and unwelcome demands for attention.

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