For the gardener working in a front garden, parking area, narrow strip, tiny backyard, or condo balcony, this book offers plenty of possibilities. The author, whose weekly gardening column appears in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, shows how to make the smallest garden gorgeous, from extending planting areas with containers and installing compact water features to increasing a garden’s flower power by losing that lawn. 80 color photos are included in this colorful guide.
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Marty Wingate is a Seattle-based writer and speaker about gardens and travel, sharing her love of plants, gardens, and garden history along with offering tips and advice. Her fourth book will be published in December 2011.
Marty speaks at national events, and writes for a variety of publications including Country Gardens and The American Gardener. She is a weekly guest on KUOW 94.9 FM, Seattle's NPR station, which can be heard live online or on podcast. Marty and her radio colleagues won a 2010 Silver Trowel award from the Garden Writers Association for on-air talent.
Marty has a master's degree in urban horticulture from the University of Washington, and is active in several organizations including the Royal Horticultural Society and the Garden Writers Association. She leads small-group garden tours to European destinations including England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and on North American journeys. Marty doesn't believe that the thin veneer of tourism - successive one-night stops in a series of hotels - can ever replace getting to know the people, history and culture of a region, and so, when arranging her tours, she always includes time for a cup of tea, a pint of beer or a glass of wine.
Website: martywingate.com; on Facebook, search for Passports and Seed Packets.
Marty speaks at national events, and writes for a variety of publications including Country Gardens and The American Gardener. She is a weekly guest on KUOW 94.9 FM, Seattle's NPR station, which can be heard live online or on podcast. Marty and her radio colleagues won a 2010 Silver Trowel award from the Garden Writers Association for on-air talent.
Marty has a master's degree in urban horticulture from the University of Washington, and is active in several organizations including the Royal Horticultural Society and the Garden Writers Association. She leads small-group garden tours to European destinations including England, Scotland, Ireland, France, and on North American journeys. Marty doesn't believe that the thin veneer of tourism - successive one-night stops in a series of hotels - can ever replace getting to know the people, history and culture of a region, and so, when arranging her tours, she always includes time for a cup of tea, a pint of beer or a glass of wine.
Website: martywingate.com; on Facebook, search for Passports and Seed Packets.
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This book delivers what the title promises. The writer, a Master Gardener based in Seattle, sets out to help her readers to "find space where you think there is none and help you decide what to do with it".The book has seven chapters. The first is a general introduction to the topic, looking at issues such as soil, watering, air quality and gardening on a slope (this was really useful for me). The other six each look at one area of the garden, such as the side garden, the front garden, and balconies. At the back of the book there are lists of trees, shrubs, perennials etc that should do well in most small Northwest gardens. The book is nicely illustrated with photographs by Jacqueline Koch. I had the feeling that the writer has truly experienced the pleasures and problems of a small garden in the Pacific Northwest. She is knowledgeable, articulate and enthusiastic about the topic, giving fairly comprehensive information in a limited space. She doesn't shy away from awkward topics such as what to do about gaps in hedges. This is a good, honest, value-for-money book for the Northwest gardener.
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Condition of cover could have been stated better,
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I have wanted this book which is clear, concise and perfect for my habitat. I really shouldn't complain since the book was so inexpensive and I love it -- BUT -- when a book is listed as "--very good" I don't expect the cover to be bent in the middle (then was straightened out) so it was clearly folded on itself in the middle of the cover nor do I expect it to be dirty. That is the received condition of the book. The cover is coated so that was easy to clean (so easy one wonders why the seller didn't do it). As I said though it is a book I really wondered and at an almost free price.
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Great gardening book for the Pacific NW,
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Love the book! The size, information, photos, and recommendations are perfect for the small space gardener. I live in Seattle and the local author provides lots of practical ideas for urban gardening in the Pacific NW. As many gardening books I have on the bookcase, I often find myself referring to this whenever I need some inspiration.
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Small gardens need the same considerations as large gardens-attention to design, plant selection, soil, sun, and water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small side garden, narrow plants, part shade, foundation shrubs, variegated plants, planting strip, small front garden, small conifers, sharp drainage, full sun, wildlife garden, small garden, plant selection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Small gardens need the same considerations as large gardens-attention to design, plant selection, soil, sun, and water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
small side garden, narrow plants, part shade, foundation shrubs, variegated plants, planting strip, small front garden, small conifers, sharp drainage, full sun, wildlife garden, small garden, plant selection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Pacific Northwest, The Gjovaag, The Mark Henry, The Virginia Hand, The Annette Iverson, The Hoven New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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