The Carolinas Gardener's Guide (Carolinas Gardener's Guides) - Softcover

Bost, Toby; Wilson, Jim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1591860490 ISBN 13: 9781591860495

Publisher: Cool Springs Press, 2005

Synopsis

Co-authored by Jim Wilson and Toby Bost, leading gardening experts from North Carolina and South Carolina, this proven format has helped gardeners experience more success and enjoyment from their gardens.

As gardening continues to grow in popularity, gardeners want more resources to help them succeed. The Gardener's Guide series provides credible information on the plants that perform best in specific states. Gardeners will find information they can trust and use successfully in their own gardens.

About this title

About the Author

As field faculty emeritus, Toby Bost is best known for his thirty-one years as a horticulturist and Extension Agent with the NC Cooperative Extension Service. For more than two decades, he recruited and certified more than 400 Master Gardeners in Durham and Forsyth counties, appearing frequently in the media as a gardening educator. He has been a garden writer for several newspapers and magazines, includingCarolina Gardener and Our State. Many landscape professionals have attended the programs he developed to assist them with licensure in myriad trade associations. For six years, he was director of the Arboretum at Tanglewood Park.

Toby continues to dedicate his time to helping gardeners conquer stubborn clay soils and grow healthy lawns and gardens as both a volunteer mentor and consultant. He is an adjunct instructor at the local community college in the horticulture department. He is the author of North Carolina Gardener’s Guide and co-author of Carolinas Gardener’s Guide; co-editor ofThe Successful Gardeners Guide: North Carolina by Blair Publishing; and co-author ofCarolinas Gardener’s Handbook by Cool Springs Press.

Toby and his wife, Becky, reside in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where they serve in leadership at their church. In his leisure time, Toby enjoys golf, fishing, and of course, the joy of gardening.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1591860490
• ISBN 13: 9781591860495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272