Written and illustrated by Ferris Cook, The Garden Trellis is suffused with personal experience as well as horticultural detail and lore. Cook--editor of Garden Dreams (1991) and Invitation to the Garden (1992)--draws upon her own gardening observations to explain how she first approached trellises and vines and what she has learned about them. Filled with anecdotes, this charming book also contains an abundance of practical information. Clear and concise instructions for building the trellises, and a list of materials needed, make The Garden Trellis tremendously useful. It will convince gardeners that trellises can be easy to build and that they can transform their gardens with simple vertical accents. A list of sources for ready-made trellises, plants, and seeds will help even the novice trellis gardener get started.
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The Garden Trellis is an exquisitely illustrated, yet very practical garden gift book. Within its covers, gardeners will be inspired to incorporate small trellises in their gardens and will learn how to build nine simple but elegant designs. A section of thirty fully-illustrated plant profiles will help them choose vines--honeysuckle or roses, porcelain berries or moon flowers--that are appropriate for their gardens and for particular trellis designs.
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Reading this book is like rambling through an overgrown garden with an old friend. Along the way, award-winning writer Cook (Garden Dreams, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang 1995) points out her favorites, discusses her failures, and slips in tidbits of historical and botanical lore. Graced with charming, full-color portraits, each description of the 30 plants profiled is informative and complete. Cook also includes simple instructions and diagrams for building nine different trellises. She rounds out her account with a list of invasive vines by state; a source list for plants, seeds, and ready-made trellises; and a comprehensive index. Even those gardeners with no plans to cultivate vines will find this lovely book a joy to read.?Nora Harris, Marin Cty. Free Lib., Cal.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The Garden Trellis: Designs To Build And Vines To Cultivate is a practical garden book that explores "vertical gardening" The Garden Trellis can help gardeners create a simple, vertical accent whether for a small city plot or for acres of countryside planting. Featuring nine simple, elegant designs, The Garden Trellis provides a list of necessary materials and clear, concise instructions taking even the novice building through the project step-by-step. Readers can build a catwalk, pagoda, or Japanese fan trellis, stain or leave the trellis to weather naturally, place a trellis in the garden in front of or hanging from a wall, and much more. A section of 25 fully illustrated plant profiles help gardeners choose vines as beautiful as their names, how to select appropriate vines for climate, soil and exposure. The Garden Trellis also includes a list of sources for plants, seeds, and ready-made trellises. The Garden Trellis is the perfect addition to any gardening reference book collection. -- Midwest Book Review
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
a decent book on building trelises,
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This review is from: The Garden Trellis: Designs to Build and Vines to Cultivate (Hardcover)
This book provides some measured drawings and information about what types of plants work with trelises. The plant information is good and the drawings are decent, however, they do leave some important measurements out. I have built two trelises for family and friends and they LOVED them. If you can get by with just the basics then this book is useful.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Building a Garden Trellis,
This review is from: The Garden Trellis: Designs to Build and Vines to Cultivate (Hardcover)
This is a very nice book with excellent illustrations and descriptions of different climbing vines that can be used on a trellis. It also includes pictures of nine trellises that you can build yourself, with the dimensions for each one. A background in woodworking is helpful. The instructions tell you what materials, tools, and supplies are needed, but does not go into detail about the actual construction. Since I have never done woodworking before, I had to get help from friends. I also referred to the Readers Digest "New Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual". I was really pleased at how nice my first trellis turned out. I am getting ready to build another one. The hard part is choosing which trellis pattern I want to use next.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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I PURCHASED THIS BOOK LOOKING FOR TRELLIS DESIGNS. WAS GREATLY DISAPPOINTED NOT ONLY IN THE QUANTITY BUT ALSO IN THE QUALITY. SAVE YOUR MONEY.
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