Lois Hole's Perennial Favorites: 100 Best for Beauty and Hardiness - Softcover

Hole, Lois

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551050765 ISBN 13: 9781551050768

Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing, 1995

Synopsis

More than 250,000 copies sold! Tried and true advice on the best plants to choose for any garden type. Includes pointers for selecting flowers for color, height range, blooming periods and drying bouquets, as well as many other valuable gardening hints.

About this title

About the Author:

The late LOIS HOLE, who passed away in 2005, was internationally renown as a gardener, author and businesswoman. She also was devoted to community service, culminating in her appointment to the position of Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta in February 2000. A member of the Order of Canada, she also served as Chancellor of the University of Alberta. Lois' fame did little to change her down-to-earth, folksy manner- a quality that endeared her to people across the country. Lois and her husband built up a vegetable and market garden business in St. Albert, Alberta, through the 1950s and 1960s. In 1979, the operation was incorporated as Hole's Greenhouses and Gardens Ltd. The business went on to become one of the biggest retail greenhouse operations in western Canada. Despite the challenges of running a business, raising a family and serving on the boards of local school districts and a host of other community organizations, Lois found the time and energy to write more than a dozen gardening books. All went on to become Canadian best-sellers. She also was a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, the Edmonton Journal and the Old Farmer's Almanac Gardening Companion.

Review:

..".the most practical, readable and affordable books of their kinds, and one glimpse of my own, well-thumbed copy with the odd smear of mud, reminds me that it is true!" --Farmwoman Magazine

What makes the series so special is its down-to-earth, no-nonsense approach. --Vancouver Sun

... a must-have basic library for any gardener. --The Bloomsbury Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Lone Pine Publishing
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1551050765
• ISBN 13: 9781551050768
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Keane Jennifer