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Fragrant Gardening

Fragrant Gardening

by Andrea Jones (Photographer), Andrea Jones (Photographer), Val Bradley (Author), Steve Bradley (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $4.18
Synopsis

Fresh, sweet, delicate, intoxicating - scent stimulates and engages our senses and is inextricably linked to the garden. This captivating book will enable you to turn your garden into an oasis of fragrance. Divided up season-by-season, the book is presented as a gardening calendar, comprising tasks, propagation, planting advice and practical step-by-step projects featuring scented plants. Whether you want to design a fragrant garden from scratch, harvest flowers for drying, or enjoy scented containers, this book will enable you to get the most out of your garden all year round.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 192
 Publisher: Murdoch Books
Published: 01 Mar 2003
ISBN 10: 1853919683
ISBN 13: 9781853919688

Media Reviews
A joint venture between renowned garden writer Steve Bradley and his wife Val, horticulturalist and writer too. Together they give a comprehensive insight into fragrant gardening - its history from Ancient times through to its present resurgence, detailed planting plans and methods and A-Z lists of scented shrubs and flowers for each season of the year. From the intoxicating scent of lilies filling a summer evening to the comforting smell of lavender as it is brushed by, scent plays an integral part in garden design, bringing a cohesive wholeness to the outdoor experience. But not only outdoors, bringing flowers and plants into the house, introduces this magic to your indoor rooms, filling them with a scent far sweeter than any air freshener: potted hyacinths, a spray of Chimonanthus praecox, a vase of sweet-peas. Foliage too plays its part with the oil-filled leaves of scented geraniums and citrus plants, adding a sharpness to what could become too cloying. Lavishly illustrated, clearly explained and knowledgeably written, this is an excellent guide to aromatic plants containing both common and lesser known species for consideration. - Lucy Watson
Author Bio
Steven Bradley is a gardener, lecturer and broadcaster who has written for almost every major gardening magazine in the UK. He has had 28 books published on every aspect of gardening.