Smith & Hawken: The Book of Outdoor Gardening

Smith & Hawken: The Book of Outdoor Gardening





"The more you garden, the more you grow." Smith & Hawken offers a distinctly American approach to the art, craft, and pastime of gardening. Embracing British perennial beds, French intensive techniques, antique roses, heirloom vegetables, alternative lawns, and a bedrock philosophy of working with-not against-the ecosystem. A bible on how to garden the Smith & Hawken way, this book distills years of experience, knowledge, and passion into eleven jam-packed chapters and a full-color plant guide. Emphasizing organic gardening, Smith & Hawken teaches readers how to feed the dirt, achieve good tilth, create and use compost, grow heirloom vegetables and flowers, and more. Sections discuss tools and gear, grooming and deadheading, winterizing and ornamenting the garden; digging and planting; propagating garden plants from seed; the secrets of maintenance. Illustrations & photos. The editors of the Smith & Hawken catalog have put together an excellent introduction to the art, practice, and enjoyment of gardening that will be of use to experienced gardeners and novice tillers alike. Like the catalog from which it springs, the book sometimes manages to be trendy and breathlessly traditional at the same time. But the prose is lively, the illustrations exact, and the photographs pleasing, and the book will look as good on your coffee table as it will propped up next to your hydrangeas. On second thought, better get two: the hardback for the coffee table and the soft cover for the garden.









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