Collins Complete Garden Manual

Collins Complete Garden Manual

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Synopsis

The most comprehensive and informative garden book around, the Collins Complete Garden Manual covers all aspects of gardening, from planning and design to selecting plants to garden maintenance.This is truly the only garden book you'll ever need. A paperback edition of the bestselling Collins Complete Garden Manual, featuring a stunning new jacket design. Part I: Garden Planning and Design -- David Stevens Includes complete garden plans, garden features, design advice for problem sites, plant selector charts. Part II: Choosing Plants -- Anne Swithinbank Includes ornamental trees, shrubs for flower and foliage, climbing plants, roses, conifers, garden flowers, alpines and rock plants, water plants, plants for containers, houseplant guide, greenhouse and conservatory plant guide, wildlife gardening, children's gardening. Part II: Gardening in Practice -- Sue Phillips Includes choosing tools for every task, guide to garden soil, guide to feeding plants, guide to lawn care, the flower garden, greenhouse gardening guide, water gardens, guide to pruning, growing in containers, watering, how to raise new plants, composting, problem-solving, pests & termites. Part IV: The Kitchen Garden Planner -- Andi Clevely Includes herbs, vegetables, fruit, variety guides. Part V: Gardener's Calendar -- Adam Pasco Includes month-by-month guide, plants of the month, at-a-glance garden care calendars.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Collins
Published: 06 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0007191847
ISBN 13: 9780007191840

Author Bio
About the consultant: Adam Pasco is one of the UK's most highly regarded gardening magazine journalists. Having been in at the inception of Garden Answers Magazine, he went on to establish the market leader BBC Gardener's World Magazine which he has edited for the last 5 years. He also writes a weekly column for the Daily Telegraph and appears regularly on TV.