Description
The ideal book for urban gardeners, indoor gardeners, and vegetable gardeners, Container Gardening Complete is a thorough visual guide that will get you growing quickly! Whether you are growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers on an apartment balcony; creating a small vegetable garden for personal use; or decorating steps and walkways, this hard working book is your go-to resource.
The methods described in this book are foolproof and easy to follow, with step-by-step directions and photographs, scalable projects for differing needs, and many great ideas for upscaled containers from things you have around your home. You'll get to know the ins and outs of gardening in a small space, from the importance of drainage, irrigation, and other watering concerns to ornamental combinations of plants, and the very best vegetables, fruits, and non-edibles for container gardening.
About the Author
Jessica Walliser is a horticulturist and co-founder of the popular website SavvyGardening.com. For fifteen years, Jessica co-hosted The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning program on KDKA Radio in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening and Hobby Farms magazines, and her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review were enjoyed by readers for over twelve years. Jessica is the author of seven gardening books, including the Amazon bestseller Good Bug, Bad Bug: Who's Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically and Plant Partners: Science-based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden.
Reviews
"I was happy to see that the author had summed up the beauty and magic of container gardening."
* Community Table @ Parade.com *
In addition to hundreds of photographs, the book shares foolproof directions, designs and projects for inspiration. * Michigan Gardener *
Book Information
ISBN 9781591866824
Author Jessica Walliser
Format Hardback
Page Count 272
Imprint Cool Springs Press
Publisher Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc