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The ultimate flower gardener's guide how to combine shape, color, and texture to create the garden of your dreams

"The book proposes a holistic approach to flower gardening, with a refreshing difference: instead of concentrating primarily on color, it brings flower shape to the fore, which results in a more aesthetically pleasing result. The featured plants include both perennials and annuals, and have bee...

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Main Author: Carey, Jenny Rose (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Flower gardening.
Gardens > Designs and plans.
Flowers.
Summary: "The book proposes a holistic approach to flower gardening, with a refreshing difference: instead of concentrating primarily on color, it brings flower shape to the fore, which results in a more aesthetically pleasing result. The featured plants include both perennials and annuals, and have been chosen for their ease of care, attractiveness to pollinators, and environmental friendliness. Emphasis is also placed on seasonal succession, the long-term evolution of the flower bed, and organic gardening practices. In short, the book provides a complete road map to a successful, satisfying flower gardening"--
Physical Description: 363 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Also available online.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781643260389
1643260383
Author Notes: Jenny Rose Carey is a renowned gardener, educator, historian, and author, and the former senior director at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's Meadowbrook Farm in Jenkintown. She previously worked at Temple University for over a decade, first as an adjunct professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture and then as director of the Ambler Arboretum. Jenny Rose has been lecturing nationally and internationally for many years. She is an avid hands-on gardener who has gardened in both England and the United States. Her Victorian property, Northview, contains diverse garden spaces, including a cutting garden, an herb garden, a dry garden, and various mixed flower beds. Jenny Rose and her gardens have been featured on the PBS series The Victory Garden , in the Wall Street Journal , the Washington Post , the Philadelphia Inquirer , Grow magazine, and The Pennsylvania Gardener .

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