Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach [Paperback]

Marie Harrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2005

Create the lush landscape of your dreams with this comprehensive guide to beautiful, environmentally conscious yards and gardens. Southern Gardening suggests useful groundcovers and easy-care, adaptable trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals. Identify and deal with exotic invasive plants that threaten our natural areas, and learn minimally damaging ways of dealing with insect pests. Plus, a month-by-month guide will help gardeners plan ahead as they strive to have gardens that are more earth-friendly.

Master Gardener Marie Harrison shares her wealth of knowledge and experience, as well as her unique gardening philosophies, with a friendly, easygoing style that’s both helpful and reassuring for gardeners of all ages and experience levels. She, like many others, realizes that the way we manage our gardens affects the environment and the world that we share.

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About the Author

Marie Harrison is a Master Gardener and serves on the Board of Directors for the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. She is the author of Gardening in the Coastal South, also published by Pineapple Press. She writes gardening columns for a number of newspapers and other publications in addition to lecturing frequently at garden clubs, centers, and seminars. She lives with her Amiable Spouse in the midst of her lovely garden in Valparaiso, Florida.

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Pineapple Press (February 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561643297
• ISBN-13: 978-1561643295
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #352,165 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!, October 25, 2005

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Glenda Beasley "Glenda's Garden" (h) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach (Paperback)

As a Master Gardener, I am always looking for books on gardening with more content than just plant descriptions and light requirements. I must say that when I saw the "Environmental approach" I thought, "Oh no" not for me! I am not generally that concerned with environmental awareness; I try to do the right thing, but would prefer not to read about it.

What a pleasant surprise; I could not put this book down. Ms. Harrison's mastery of gardening science, her articulate prose, and her down home story-telling style made this a book for beginner gardeners as well as very experienced gardeners like myself. I highly recommend this book.

Glenda Beasley

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach, August 1, 2005

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Jan Oliver (Columbia, Mississippi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach (Paperback)

Marie Harrison has opened my eyes about the effect that we as gardeners have on the environment. How I manage my backyard really does make a difference. Her plant suggestions and advice about proper placement in the landscape help me to garden more successfully. The organization of chapters into seasons of the year help me know when to plant different kinds of plants. I particularly enjoyed the section on groundcovers. Marie's writing is based on her experiences, and she speaks with the voice of an experienced gardener. This is an important book for every gardener in the deep South.

I love her personal touch. You can clearly understand what Marie is saying.

Love her book!!!!!!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally some much needed help!, April 26, 2005

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Christina Livingston (Niceville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Southern Gardening: An Environmentally Sensitive Approach (Paperback)

I am a long time lover of plants and yards. Now, in my retirement, I'm trying to take a natural approach to my newly acquired yard. I want to plant items that enhance the habitats around me. I so need Marie Harrison's ideas. Her pages make very clear what will work in my yard. Her personal testimonials keep me in stitches. This book is an easy read. It makes research of my needs no longer necessary. Thumbing through, I can easily find answers and suggestions. Thanks, Marie!