Christmas Trees & Holiday Greens: Decorating Ideas from the Common Sense Gardener [Hardcover]

Deborah Sweeton (Author), Michael Sweeton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003

With more than thirty years experience in the gardening business, Deborah and Michael Sweeton have made quite an impact on the seasonal pleasure of gardening. In this book, they offer commonsense ideas for making the holiday season full of cheer, including:

Ø Caring for plants of the season
Ø Using fresh-cut greens, inside and outside
Ø Making and decorating wreaths
Ø Searching for the perfect tree
Ø Selecting and caring for cut and live trees
Ø Using plants and greens around the house

Expert advice and simple step-by-step instructions make this book helpful for year-round preparation. Whether you're a novice or an experienced gardener, CHRISTMAS TREES AND HOLIDAY GREENS will provide everything a holiday-lover needs to make a very merry Christmas.

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From the Back Cover

Whether you want to know how to start your seasonal plants from scratch, care for them after purchasing them, or have them re-bloom the following year, the answers to your holiday gardening questions are all here in this simple and easy-to-follow guide. Fun and easy projects included are: growing and maintaining plants of the season; fresh greens and decorating tips for inside and outside; making and decorating wreaths and swags; making and decorating kissing balls, candle rings, and topiaries; choosing and decorating your tree; making and decorating your own gingerbread house.
Hundreds of full-color photographs, step-by-step instructions, and a variety of styles and levels of difficulty make this book an ideal companion to your holiday gardening no matter how experienced you are, or how much time you have.

About the Author

DEBORAH SWEETON is President and Growing Operations Manager, and MICHAEL SWEETON is Vice President, of Techni-Grower's Greenhouses, a multimillion-dollar wholesale ornamental nursery business. Techni-Grower supplies flowers and plants to nurseries and garden centers throughout the New York metropolitan area and restaurants, motels, and world-famous designers. The Sweetons also run The General's Garden (www.generalsgarden.com), the retail garden center for their business. They are also the authors of 101 Commonsense Gardening Tips (page TK).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: The Lyons Press; 1st edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592280536
• ISBN-13: 978-1592280537
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,116,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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