The Spare-Time Gardener: Tips and Tricks for Those on the Go - Softcover

Freeman, Barbara Hill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589791886 ISBN 13: 9781589791886

Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Offering tips on finding your own gardening style, choosing climate-appropriate plants, creating low-maintenance landscaping and hardscaping, and weeding efficiently and effectively, Freeman understands that there's no room for scolding, but there is a real need for encouragement and good humor.

About this title

About the Author:

After eight years as an award-winning reporter for the Boothbay Register, Barbara Freeman joined the staff of the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, and she continues to write for newspapers, magazines, and newsletters. A Master Gardener, Freeman has tended gardens in Pennsylvania, Florida, and Maine, and knows the requirements of various climates; and has visited and written about many gardens, including those of celebrities as well as of avid home gardeners. Freeman was awarded the First Prize in Environmental Reporting from the New England Press Association in 2000, and she has received numerous awards for writing and photography from the Maine Press Association. Freeman lives in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Review:

Freeman, a master gardener,...has a wonderful conversational style that encourages the neophyte without proving too simplistic to those with years of experience in picking, planting, and pruning. (Randy Miranda Star Tribune)

"...there's a suggsetion to relax amd enjoy the results of worktje spare-time gardener as put into that delightful new garden." (Carol Howe The Courier-Gazette)

About this edition

• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1589791886
• ISBN 13: 9781589791886
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232