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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Martha Stuart does roadside collection?,
By "vera_lynn" (Southeastern VA, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guerrilla Gardening (Paperback)
This is a very strange book: It's primarily a field guide to "acquiring" plants through methods other than purchase (cuttings dividings, seeds, etc.), followed by home/garden accent tips for using the various odds and ends that you drag home. By odds & ends, I mean everything from cast-off cement to old shoes, and when I say "acquire," I do mean everything from "mooch" to, um, "Liberate."The book has a great deal of quick & dirty suggestions for expanding your garden. Some of the information is both interesting and useful, but much of it consists of anectdotes of actions that I consider not very ethical. I can't say I've never done any of the things described, but I have to admit, seeing it laid out as a systematic strategy makes me somewhat uncomfortable. Granted, the author does recommend a degree of restraint while serreptitiously clipping your neighbor's prize-winning roses, and she does introduce the subject of endangered species & off-limits public land... The specific materials on asexual propagation in this book are clear and explicit, and require very little in the way of expensive chemicals and gadgets. The instructions are a good bit less fussy than you will find in most garden books, which I consider a plus. It is taken as a given that some of your acquisitions will not make it, but, given that there's virtually no capital outlay, you'll still come out on top. Most of it is general, but there is a section in the middle treating specific varieties of plants. It's a fairly random sampling, and the rest of the book is an ecclectic mix of tips for using found items as decorative effects, and recipes for oddments you collect along the way. Bear in mind that if you're growing your garden from rooted twigs, some patience is required. Bottom line: I liked the concept much more than the actual book. The "military theme" was disappointing. (Like Brittany Spears in camoflage suspenders: more "cute" than convincing.) If you can set aside any moral qualms, it's fairly humorous, and it does have some valuable pointers. Especially if you want a garden but don't want to go broke planting it out.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Creative Landscaping 101,
By Alexander Fleming "Sandy" (New york and london) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guerrilla Gardening (Paperback)
Guerrilla Gardening is everything you have always wanted to know about gardening but were afriad to ask. Breezy and entertaining, this is THE HANDBOOK for adventure and innovation. Want a cutting from Clude Monet's Giverny? Graft a rose from the White House garden? Create an ice-plant meadow from plants by your local telephone easement? To create a free garden from Chelsea to Camelot, Barbara Pallenberg with show and tell all the secrets. Don't let Pallenbergs knock'em dead cover-girl good looks camouflage all the capable information found within these pages. It's really fun.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Skip This Book,
By Noelley B (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guerrilla Gardening (Paperback)
When you search on Amazon for "Guerrilla Gardening," three books show up with that phrase in the title. While the other two books deal with gardening on public space, adding beauty and sustenance to urban environments, this book is about stealing and scavenging for your own property. While I'm not personally opposed to the idea of sneaking bits of plants that produce through devision, I am opposed to the use of a term that already has a nearly opposite meaning. On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening Without Boundaries and Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto are about giving, where this book is only about taking. The middle class southern California vibe and mediocre writing, along with some sweeping, inaccurate generalizations such as "lawns are environmentally hazardous"*, make it painful to read. There is some use in this book, mainly the propagation techniques, along with the list of plants that are easily propagated, but there are tons of other books on this subject, and though I haven't read them, I suspect there are some that do a better, less obnoxious job.
*See Paul Tukey's The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-Maintenance System for a Beautiful, Safe Lawn
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