Gardening on a Shoestring [Paperback]

Rob Proctor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2006

Gardening on a Shoestring is for anyone who has more energy than dollars and who wants to create a beautiful garden. Here fixer-upper types, new gardeners, new homeowners, and renters alike will learn how to become savvy shoppers, how to determine which size plant is the best deal, when the best sales are, and much more.

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About the Author

Rob Proctor is one of the nation's most prolific gardening writers, with 14 previous books to his credit, including the acclaimed Passionate Gardening: Good Advice for Challenging Climates. He oversaw the renovation of Denver Botanic Gardens as Director of Horticulture and Artisitic Director. He is also a regular contributor to the Rocky Mountain News.

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Johnson Books (October 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555663761
• ISBN-13: 978-1555663766
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #354,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lauren Springer Ogden worked in public gardens on both sides of the Atlantic before receiving her master's degree in horticulture from Penn State. At Denver Botanic Gardens, she designed the Watersmart and Romantic Gardens. An award-winning writer and photographer, she is a contributing editor for Horticulture magazine and author of The Undaunted Garden, named one of the 75 best American gardening books of the last century by the American Horticultural Society, and coauthor of Passionate Gardening: Good Advice for Challenging Climates, which received the 2001 AHS Book Award. Lauren's gardens have been featured on television and in many publications, including The New York Times, Sunset Western Landscaping book, and The Collector's Garden. She is a popular speaker in the United States and Canada. Lauren and her husband Scott Ogden, also a horticulturist and writer, design and consult around the country. They garden together in Fort Collins, Colorado and Austin, Texas. Please visit their website at www.plantdrivendesign.com.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No nonsense Gardening, August 11, 2007

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Lorraine A. Easudes (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gardening on a Shoestring (Paperback)

Rob Proctor is perhaps the most down to Earth gardener you will experience. His gardening advise does not intimidate the novice, nor does it bore the experienced. His sense of humor always makes his books shine. This latest of his books is an inspiration for those who thought having and tending a magnificent garden was beyond their abilities.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A guide which will attract any gardener on a budget., April 10, 2007

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This review is from: Gardening on a Shoestring (Paperback)

Master gardening Rob Proctor offers up a regional gardening guide with a difference: a fun focus on the art of gardening which includes surprising, lively language and observations to fit in any budget: "Some control freaks can't stand the idea of plants deciding for themselves where they want to grow." Add color photos throughout, examples of seasonal management and garden 'artistry', and more and you have a guide which will attract any gardener on a budget.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars best gardening book I've ever read, January 27, 2009

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Kazimiera Moreci (Denver) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gardening on a Shoestring (Paperback)

This is without a doubt, the best gardening book I've ever read. (Note: I am a novice (3 years) but obsessive and thoroughly addicted gardener) I picked it up at the library, and loved it so much I bought a copy. If you live in the Rocky Mountain region- this book will stimulate, educate, and entertain you for hours apon end. The premise is budget gardening- but it is also so, so much more. I find that gardening calendars (broken down into the early,mid and late part of each season the most useful I've found in any book for this climate (zone 5) If you live in zone 5, love plants and are crazy about gardening, you need this book!