Green Places in Small Spaces : A Practical Guide to Designing and Planning a Small-Space Garden

Fischer, Kerwin

ISBN 10: 1561581844 / ISBN 13: 9781561581849

Published by Taunton Press, Incorporated, 1997

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Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # GRP102784958

Bibliographic Details

Title: Green Places in Small Spaces : A Practical ...

Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

So you don't have an expansive yard in the country for your dream garden. Maybe you don't have a yard at all. No matter. Any area is a potential garden. Your balcony, dooryard space, curbside turf, or window box can still be transformed into a welcome, lush space for planting. Author Kerwin Fischer, a veteran of packing plants into every available nook and cranny, offers his strategies for getting every petal of color out of your spot of earth throughout the growing season. With Green Places in Small Spaces, Fischer gets vicarious gardeners into the soil as he explains small-space gardening from the emergence of spring bulbs to fall cleanup. This gardener of wit and discernment offers advice on choosing a garden site, planting in shady or sunny areas, and selecting compact or dwarf plants, and gives tricks for growing several plants in the same area. Along with a dose of easy-to-understand gardening basics, Green Places in Small Spaces includes help on designing traditional and container gardens, finding a garden style that suits you, choosing the tools you really need, and combating urban problems like vandalism. Full-color photographs and drawings bring the planning and planting to life.

From the Author:

This book is an entertaining, but no nonsense guide.
Green Places in Small Spaces is a helpful guide to getting started in a small urban or suburban garden. The author freely expresses his opinions on what is tasteful and what isn't. The book is liberally laced with historical references which trace the development of modern day plants for the garden.