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Gardening General

Gardening Month by Month in Manitoba

by (author) Laura Peters & Dean Didur

Publisher
Lone Pine Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2003
Category
General, Reference
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781551054001
    Publish Date
    Sep 2003
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

Gardening is one of the fastest growing recreational pastimes in North America. Today's gardener is looking for the right resources to yield beautiful results with a minimum amount of fuss. Our Gardening Month by Month series, crafted by local gardening experts, answers the challenge with images and information specific to the region to which each title is dedicated.

Each month of the year is featured, opening with a beautiful two-page photo spread and followed by a perpetual calendar, tips and information and plenty of space for your own gardening notes. This easy-to-use, sturdy book with lay-flat binding contains great features on garden design, sprouting plants from seeds, container gardening, creating wildlife habitat, composting, house plants and pest control with many references and resources for the modern gardener, whether your garden is in Abbotsford or Antigonish.

About the authors

Donna Dawson is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in gardening and as the owner/publisher of ICanGarden.com, Canada's largest Internet gardening resource site.Not just a virtual gardener, this much-published, award-winning gardening personality received her Master Gardener certificate from the University of Alberta Devonian Botanic Garden in 1996. Her garden in St. Albert has been awarded a national first prize from Canadian Garden Magazine and received various awards from the Edmonton Horticultural Society.Donna is a past secretary of the Alberta Horticultural Association and past director of the Edmonton Horticultural Society. She is currently a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and Garden Writers Association. In 1996 Donna began organizing and hosting garden tours to England and Europe. She has taken groups to Holland, France, Italy, Ireland and England.

Laura Peters' profile page

Dean Didur's profile page