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Natural Gardening in Small Spaces
Natural Gardening in Small Spaces
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Author: Noel Kingsbury
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book

List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 156946

Format: Illustrated
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.7 x 0.5

ISBN: 0881928151
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.96
EAN: 9780881928150
ASIN: 0881928151

Publication Date: June 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
With the growing recognition that a wisely planted garden has a lot to offer, more and more people are looking for ways to make their gardens environmentally friendly. However, gardeners have tended to assume that they need a lot of space to create habitats for wildlife and evoke wild and natural places. In Natural Gardening in Small Spaces, renowned plantsman Noel Kingsbury refutes that presumption, showing how even in a small garden you can create a sustainable ecosystem that looks great?and, once established, largely looks after itself. More than 150 glorious photographs of small natural gardens provide visual confirmation of Noel Kingsbury's contention that even the smallest garden can provide a natural haven.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars My All-Time Favorite Garden Design Book   January 8, 2008
  8 out of 8 found this review helpful

Of the too many gardening books I've purchased, this one has transformed me. It opened my eyes to plant groupings that are natural (often native) and pleasing the year round. The illustrations are very beautiful and really do convey what Kingsbury describes. There is also plenty of useful data to help identify the plants that suit each environment. I bought this years ago and continue to return to it for both inspiration and information.


5 out of 5 stars Emphasis on natural   February 14, 2007
  7 out of 7 found this review helpful

Kingsbury writes of creating habitat for insects and hedgehogs as well as people, of selecting plants for your soil and water conditions. (He even writes on what grows best in gravel and in bogs.) This book encourages gardeners to be curious and to experiment. It is for those artists who create with plants.


5 out of 5 stars Perfect for the small garden   May 14, 2005
  15 out of 15 found this review helpful

I have a townhouse and very little room to garden, but I've long desired to plan a garden that would blend in with the woods that back up to our house. This book has given me my inspiration and has cemented my decision to plan a garden that will be both natural, peaceful and beautiful. It may take a while, but I'll do it thanks to this book. Have no garden space at all? They even cover that in the "Natural Gardening without a Garden".


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