I read a lot of books on gardening. Between books I receive from publishers for review and books I borrow from a local library for research on specific gardens I am designing, most of them fall into the same general category – relaying information to the gardener that, when it comes right down to it, is meant to read and regurgitated. [...]
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Book Preview: Decoding Gardening Advice
Posted in Book Previews, tagged book preview, Decoding Gardening Advice, Jeff Gillman, Meleah Maynard on May 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Book Preview: Bebop Garden
Posted in Book Previews, tagged Bebop Garden, Ricki Grady on December 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
“Anarchy in the garden is a harmless form of indulgence. As you go about your liberated way, trusting your instincts, your inner artist will begin to express itself…” Bebop Garden is the first book by Ricki Grady, frustrated musician, gifted graphic designer, passionate gardener and author of the blog, sprig to twig. Bebop chronicles Ricki’s [...]
Book Review & Guest Post
Posted in Book Previews, tagged book review, guest blogger, Rita Reviews on December 3, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Guess What? I’m a guest reviewer on Rita Reviews, a website that reviews everything from toys to restaurants to books, music, and even DVD’s. As long as a product is ‘ family friendly’ it’s a suitable candidate for Rita and her staff of reviewers. Rita Reviews has posted my review of one of my favorite gardening books. I’ll [...]
Garden Designers Roundtable: Idols
Posted in Book Previews, Gardening Inspiration, GDRT, tagged Carolyn Summers, Designing Gardens with Flora of the American East, garden design inspiration, Garden Designers Roundtable, indigenous plants, Thomas Rainer on November 22, 2011 | 19 Comments »
This month on Garden Designers Roundtable, we explore the topic of Idols, those people we look to for inspiration when we’re designing gardens for our clients. As I was thinking about who to profile, I started thinking about different aspects of inspiration. Perhaps I should profile a person whose book I turn to for inspiration and guidance [...]
Book Preview: Designing with Conifers
Posted in Book Previews, tagged Designing with Conifers, Richard Bitner on October 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Adding conifers to a garden can be one of the most difficult aspects of garden design. Long thought of massive, towering evergreen soldiers that demand more space than most gardens can afford to spare, conifers have often been looked at as something to garden around, not to garden with. Until now. Designing with Conifers by Richard Bitner is a [...]
Book Preview: Planting the Dry Shade Garden
Posted in Book Previews, Plant Possibilities, tagged Graham Rice, Planting the Dry Shade Garden, plants for dry shade on September 28, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Dry shade. Two words that strike fear into the heart of many gardeners. Let’s face it, when many gardeners imagine a luxurious shade garden, full of sumptuous foliage plants, they are typically thinking about a shade garden with moist, or even wet soil. But a cruel truth of gardening is that many of us struggle with a combination of the two [...]
Book Preview: 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants
Posted in Book Previews, tagged 50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants, Ruth Rogers Clausen on August 19, 2011 | 2 Comments »
“But is it possible to achieve a beautiful, deer-resistant garden without resorting to fences, barriers, and toxic repellents? Indeed, you can still have a lush, thriving garden by making smart plant choices.” 50 Beautiful Deer Resistant Plants: The Prettiest Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs and Shrubs that Deer Don’t Eat by Ruth Rogers Clausen strives to [...]
Book Preview and a Free Giveaway
Posted in Book Previews, Edibles, Gardening in Connecticut, Natives, tagged A Gardener's Guide to Blueberries, blueberry shrubs, Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, free giveaway, how to grow blueberries, vaccinium corymbosum on July 15, 2011 | 19 Comments »
*** Win a free copy of A Gardener’s Guide to Blueberries by leaving a comment below*** Frequent readers of this blog already know I think highbush blueberry shrubs (Vaccinium corymbosum) should be grown in every garden. OK, every garden in zones 3 – 10, where they are hardy. The reason is simple, they offer [...]
Book Preview: The Living Garden
Posted in Book Previews, tagged habitat gardening, Jane Powers, The Living Garden, wildlife gardening on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“The garden has a life of its own in which the existences of all its flora and fauna are intricately interwoven.” This quote embodies the heart and soul of The Living Garden: A Place That Works With Nature. The author, Jane Powers, is the gardening correspondent for The Irish Times. She spent two years writing the [...]
Book Preview: A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens
Posted in Book Previews, tagged A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens, Carole Ottesen on May 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s been years (OK, decades) since I visited the Smithsonian as a child so when Smithsonian Books offered to send me a preview copy of A Guide to Smithsonian Gardens by Carole Ottesen, I was surprised to find out the Smithsonian had such extensive gardens that someone had written a book about them. After just a few minutes flipping [...]
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