The Ultimate Container Gardener: All You Need to Know to Create Plantings for Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter - Softcover
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This title contains all you need to know to create plantings for spring, summer, autumn and winter. It includes: practical ideas for creating 150 beautiful containers of all kinds, from hanging baskets and window boxes to terracotta pots and stone troughs; step-by-step instructions for choosing plants, preparing containers and planting displays the whole year round; fantastic ideas for making, creating or adapting your own containers, including painting terracotta pots and converting watering cans; beautiful designs in both traditional and contemporary styles all shown in over 1400 bright, clear photographs; and perfect guidance for the beginner as well as a source of fresh inspiration for the experienced gardener. For gardeners who want easy projects with stunning floral results, this guide to successful container gardening, both outside and inside, offers the perfect answer. The 150 projects are presented with step-by-step photographs and the techniques are clearly explained, including advice on selecting plants to suit the location as well as general care and maintenance. There are innovative ideas for unusual planters and materials - from edible displays and herb baskets to adapting watering cans and chimney pots. It assumes little or no gardening experience and guarantees to be an endless source of fresh inspiration for the novice and experienced gardener alike.
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Stephanie Donaldson is the author of many gardening books. As a child she learnt her love of gardening from her grandfather. Later, as an adult, she returned to gardening, working for a specialist alpine nursery, running the vegetable garden on an organic farm and then managing a large formal garden for eight years. She now lives on the south coast of England where the mild climate allows her to experiment with growing Mediterranean plants in between writing.
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The Ultimate Container Gardener: All you need to know to create plantings for spring, summer, autumn and winter [The Techniques -- Decorating Containers -- The Planting Projects -- Colour -- Schemes for Containers -- Seasonal Planters -- Edible Collections -- Scented Collections -- Difficult Situations -- Inspirational Containers -- Young Container Gardener -- Indoor Containers --Plants
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN 9781780190877, 1780190875 OCLC 756180656 ; color photographic stiff paper wrappers ; "This guide to successful gardening in containers, outside and inside, assumes little or no gardening experience. Projects are presented with step-by-step photographs and the techniques are clearly explained, including advice on selecting plants to suit the location as well as general care and maintenance. There are ideas for unusual planters and materials - from edible displays and herb baskets to water cans and chimney pots as containers - but also traditional favourites such as hanging baskets or window boxes." ; Stephanie Donaldson is an editor and garden author specializing in organic methods, and her expertise in organic gardening led to her co-authoring the Prince of Wales's book The Elements of Organic Gardening - Prince Charles, the Royal Gardener, released by Kales Press in March 2007 ; FINE. Book. Seller Inventory # 008363