The garden refresh : how to give your yard big impact on a small budget / Kier Holmes.
Material type: TextPublisher: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2022Description: 255 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781643260815
- 1643260812
- How to give your yard big impact on a small budget
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 635.0286 H751 | Checked out | 05/14/2024 | 33111010849244 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Grow more, spend less
So you want a stylish, healthy, and productive garden that is budget and Earth-friendly? Of course you do. Garden designer Kier Holmes shows you how, in this accessible and spunky guide. She shares everything you need to create a productive and lush garden that can truly be used and enjoyed. Packed with hundreds of tips on design, plant selection, and how to address problematic situations, it also has information on which hardscape elements are worth the splurge, how to decide where to start, and how to reduce maintenance through design. Inspirational, practical, and endlessly creative, The Garden Refresh is destined to become the book you turn to again and again for the best insider ideas.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Assessing space and resources -- Quick and easy upgrades -- Populating with plants -- The nitty gritty -- Resources.
"Garden Refresh is a thoughtful, accessible, and creative guide for the savvy home gardener on how to create a beautiful, productive and healthy garden without spending crazy amounts of cash or using an excess of Earth's valuable natural resources. This budget and earth-friendly guide presents itself in different chapters that focus on key specific areas where a gardener can save, such as on designing a garden, soil, plants, water, maintenance, and upcycling. Peppered throughout the book, the reader finds quick pro tips, top ten lists, creative side bar suggestions, easy homemade remedies to common garden problems and reasons why certain actions in the garden save money and make the earth healthier. This book is not about being cheap or cutting corners. The reader will find both inspiration and actionable knowledge on how to garden sustainably and responsibly-how to grow more by spending less"-- Provided by publisher.