The Low-maintenance GardenThe Low-maintenance Garden
[a Complete Guide to Designs, Plants and Techniques for Easy-care Gardens]
Title rated 1.75 out of 5 stars, based on 2 ratings(2 ratings)
Book, 2000
Current format, Book, 2000, , All copies in use.Book, 2000
Current format, Book, 2000, , All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsEssential reading for those who desire a beautiful garden without the back-breaking work, The Low-Maintenance Garden is the guide to enjoying your garden rather than spending hours toiling in it. This book shows how to minimize and simplify gardening tasks, and over time create a virtually maintenance-free garden.
Packed with planting plans, charts, ideas and step-by-step techniques for minimizing work, The Low-Maintenance Garden is beautifully laid out with easy-to-access information for every type and size of garden. In addition to many full-color photographs and illustrations, the book features:
- Easy Surfaces and Structures - creating an easy-care surface in the garden
- Easy Planting Solutions - low-maintenance plants for a wide range of situations
- Transforming Gardens to Lower Maintenance - how to turn any size garden into a low-maintenance garden
- Low-Maintenance Techniques - essential tips on reducing time spent on basic gardening chores
- Directory of Easy-Care Plants - from trouble-free trees to easy grasses and water plants
With real-life case studies and many tips and suggestions, gardeners can now recapture leisure time.
A guide to planning and planting a beautiful, bountiful garden includes a host of time-saving, low-work techniques for building healthy soil and hundreds of ideas for easy-care plants and gardens, including advice on how to reduce the time spent on basic gardening upkeep, a directory of low-maintenance plants, descriptions of easy-care surfaces and structures, and more.
The Low-Maintenance Garden shows how to minimize and simplify gardening tasks, and over time create a virtually maintenance-free garden. It's packed with planting plans, charts, ideas and step-by-step techniques for minimizing work.
A guide for planning and planting a garden includes advice on how to reduce time spent on basic gardening upkeep, a directory of low-maintenance plants, and descriptions of easy-care surfaces and structures.
Title availability
About
Contributors
Details
Publication
- Toronto : Firefly Books, 2000.
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
There are no quotations from this title
There are no quotations from this title
From the community