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Your First Garden (Paperback)
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Your First Garden (Paperback)
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Loot Price R434
Discovery Miles 4 340
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In her latest book, accomplished garden writer Judith Adam targets
new homeowners in the brand new, still-to-be landscaped suburbs.
Creating an attractive setting for a brand-new house is a high
priority and hard to resist, as all improvements will add to the
property's resale value as well as the enjoyment of the new home.
With a light hand Judith Adam outlines the basic steps toward
transforming an empty yard into a welcoming, appealing space,
beginning with identifying a personal garden style and assessing
the pros and cons of a site, then choosing, planting and
maintaining plants. Your First Garden is a primer on the basic
elements of landscape design and garden creation: planning for
scale and balance, colour selection, and architectural features are
all landscape elements that homeowners must understand. With a plan
in hand the owner can then visit a garden centre using the expert
advice on how to evaluate healthy plants. To help with plant
selection there is a valuable annotated lists of annuals,
perennials and shrubs for building a garden that blooms all season.
Chapters include information on: * How property improvements build
value into your new purchase; * Tips on budgeting garden
improvements over several seasons; * Scale and balance in the
garden; * Planting style and succession planting; * A landscaping
plan checklist; * Evaluating soil with a tip sheet explaining soil
chemistry and pH; * The science and art of fertilization, including
organic humus; * The 10 critical gardening tools; * How to create
garden beds from nothing; * Calculating soil and mulch quantities;
* Planting suggestions for foundation, perennial and shrub beds; *
Getting the best performance out of your plants with the least
amount of work; * Best practices for planting perennials, annuals,
shrubs and trees; * Tips on pruning and weeding. Your First Garden
is an essential reference, a highly readable road map for new
homeowners and neophyte gardeners. Praise for the author's
Landscape Planning: Practical Techniques for the Home Gardener:
'The book certainly lives up to its title: the author gives very
wise advice on an impressive variety of garden topics that are
rarely considered in such manuals. Handsomely illustrated, it is
highly recommended as one of the most comprehensive, up-to-date
works on general gardening' - Botanic Garden. 'This book is worth
its weight in gold' The Globe and Mail.
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