Product Description

Whether you own a huge garden or tiny space, container gardens give you the flexibility to alter your garden design seasonally, and to enhance the look and feel of your home and garden - be it a roof terrace, balcony, window-ledge, patio or larger garden.Without much effort, containers can make a modern and stylish statement on your patio, a versatile vegetable and herb patch by your kitchen door, or provide instant maturity to a young garden and fresh colors to a tired one. Almost all plants will grow in pots - so even if your soil is impoverished or polluted, or you have no soil at all, with this book anyone can create a garden to delight all the senses.With a focus on organic container gardening, this is a complete guide to designing and sustaining a container garden while respecting the environment and encouraging beneficial insects and butterflies to join in with your project. A complete guide with a focus on organic container gardening. This book: contains design inspiration and through-the-year recipes for planting combinations for different soil conditions; covers all essential techniques: planting, maintenance, pruning, propagating, training, and dealing with pests and diseases; and 40-page directory of flowers, shrubs, trees, bulbs, fruit, vegetables and herbs, showing when to plant, how to look after them, and suitable combinations for companion planting.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41390 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Joanna Harrison is a qualified garden designer based in Oxfordshire. She has been gardening for a living for 5 years but her passion for plants and gardens runs much longer and deeper. Joanna has designed and planted private and commercial gardens in the city of Oxford, London, Berkshire and the Isle of Wight.