Roses for British Columbia
- Publisher
- Lone Pine Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2003
- Category
- Roses, Canada
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551052618
- Publish Date
- Jan 2003
- List Price
- $21.95 USD
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Description
Be sure to add this practical and informative guide to your gardening book collection. The book features 144 recommended roses for the province. Brad Jalbert, a leading western Canadian expert in the hybridization of miniature roses, has joined with garden writer Laura Peters to craft a common-sense resource that covers the most important information concerning each of the recommended varieties, chose specifically for British Columbia's climate.
About the authors
LAURA PETERS is a certified Master Gardener, garden writer and photographer with over 30 gardening books to her credit. She has worked in almost every aspect of the horticultural industry in a career that has spanned more than 20 years.
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.