The Gardening Shelf
Midwest Book Review
Bay Area Gardening
Barbara J. Euser, editor
Solas House
853 Alma Street, Palo Alto, Ca 94301
1933261308 $18.95 www.travelerstales.com
Local master gardeners lend their insights on the peculiarities and
special needs of California Bay Area gardens in BAY AREA GARDENING: 64
PRACTICAL ESSAYS BY MASTER GARDENERS. The San Francisco Bay Area's
unique attributes, from mild climate and microclimates to changing
soils, lends to a diverse gardening environment in turn: these essays
are critical to understanding the Bay Area's special needs and should
be on the reading lists and in the libraries of any local gardener.
Shade
Keith Wiley
Timber Press
133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450, Portland OR 97204-3527
www.timberpress.com
0881927554 $29.95 1-800-327-5680
Award-winning gardening expert Keith Wiley presents Shade: Planting
Solutions For Shady Gardens, a gorgeous "how-to" book that reveals
creative uses of shade in gardens to grow carpets of wild woodland
flowers and other shade-loving plants. Chapters cover practical issues
affecting the preparation of and planting for a shade garden, hard
landscaping, incorporating vertical elements, and a catalog of plant
life suited to shady gardens. Stunning full-color photography
illustrates the uses to which shade can be put, and the beauty of the
flowers that thrive in shade. In addition to being a solid
instructional, Shade: Planting Solutions For Shady Gardens is truly
captivating simply to page through.
Water Gardens
Better Homes and Gardens
Meredith Books
1716 Locust St., Des Moines, IA 50336
www.meredithbooks.com
0696225565 $19.95 1-800-678-8091
Water Gardens: Pools, Streams & Fountains Is A Better Homes And Gardens
how-to manual packed with all the reader needs to know about adding a
water feature to one's garden. Chapters cover how to design and plan a
water feature, including choosing the right materials and arranging a
proper water source, electrical source, and usage of pumps;
constructing an indoor or outdoor water garden; enhancing a water
garden with seating, paths, decks, lighting, or other features;
maintaining a water garden; ideal plants and animals for a water
garden, and much more. Methodical instructions and full-color
photographs on every page make Water Gardens simplicity itself to use.
Highly recommended for anyone interested in adding a water garden to
their home.
Midwest Home Landscaping Including Southern Canada
Roger Holmes & Rita Buchanan
Creative Homeowner
24 Park Way, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
www.creativehomeowner.com
1580112560 $19.95 www.amazon.com
Written by the founding editor of "Gardening" magazine Roger Holmes and
award-winning author Rita Buchanan, and now in a new and expanded
edition featuring information on more plants and additional suggested
designs, Midwest Home Landscaping Including Southern Canada is a
comprehensive guide to making one's home landscape more attractive and
functional. Chapters address how to skillfully plan a design for one's
yard, how to organize one's project and perform tasks ranging from
clearing the site to fences and trellises to the planting process, and
profiles of a variety of landscaping plants ideal for homes situated in
the upper Midwest and Southern Canada. Step-by-step instructions and
full-color photography and diagrams walk the reader through each task,
and the text covers both ideas for selecting and coordinating themes as
well as practical nitty-gritty details. Midwest Home Landscaping is a
first-rate, comprehensive resource for homeowners of all background,
regardless of past experience in gardening or landscaping.
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