Container gardener's handbook : pots, techniques, and projects to transform any space / Frances Tophill ; photography by Rachel Warne.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, [2019]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781620083307
- 1620083302
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Main Library | NonFiction | 635.986 T674 | Available | 33111009327525 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With over 40 projects to make your own creative containers, Container Gardener's Handbook will show you how to reveal the full potential of overlooked pots and transform your garden. Whether you have only a modest balcony, a small square of patio, or just a windowsill, you can add greenery to your life! Container Gardener's Handbook covers a range of different planting techniques and types of containers, from urns and troughs to chimney stacks and hanging baskets. You'll find expert advice here on what to grow, from bonsais, bulbs, and bamboos to tumbling and creeping plants and flowers. Learn how to make a living wall, a pond in a metal trough, and even your own homemade containers. There are 41 inspired projects for creative and sustainable container gardens that will bring nature to even the most inhospitable and smallest of spaces. Discover how to choose the right size, shape, and materials for your container. Learn how to pair plants and pots, upcycle existing items, and create your own containers. Get expert advice on drainage, compost, additives, fertilizers, mulch, feeding, watering, deadheading, and more. It all comes with step-by-step instructions and bright, informative photography. Turn your small spaces into lush, beautiful natural wonders!
"First published in Great Britain in 2017 by Kyle Books"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
"BBC Gardeners' World presenter Frances Tophill provides forty-one step-by-step projects for creative and sustainable container gardens. She covers a range of different planting schemes and types of container, from urns and troughs to chimney stacks and hanging baskets. Frances offers expert advice on what to grow and how to grow it, from bonsai, bulbs, and bamboo to tumbling and creeping plants and flowers"--Page 4 of cover.
Introduction -- The pots -- How to... -- Projects -- Maintenance.