The Gardener's Year: Grow, Care for, and Enjoy Crops and Flowers Season by Season - Softcover

DK

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1465424571 ISBN 13: 9781465424570

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley, 2015

Synopsis

Learn how to plan a garden that is colorful and productive throughout the entire year.

The Gardener's Year is packed with timely gardening tips for a wide variety of garden projects, covering flowers and plants, fruits, vegetables and herbs, and trees and shrubs. Its vibrant galleries of what and when to plant, photo sequences of key techniques, and season-by-season approach make it accessible for even the most inexperienced of gardeners. Timing is everything, so comprehensive garden task lists outline each season's jobs, from sowing and planting to pruning and harvesting.

Whether you want to know how to grow vegetables for your own kitchen, create a stunning floral display, or foster plants that attract butterflies, The Gardener's Year provides the knowledge you need to care for your garden in any month of the year.

About this title

Review:

"An inspiring introduction for beginning gardeners, this wide-ranging book takes a chronological approach to growing ornamentals and edibles through the year." -- Columbus Dispatch

About the Author:

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products. Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK's extensive children's list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO(R) books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1465424571
• ISBN 13: 9781465424570
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320