Natural Companions - Ken Druse (Hardcover)
The Garden Lover's Guide to Plant Combinations
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9781584799016
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 1 Mar 2012
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Subtitle
- The Garden Lover's Guide to Plant Combinations
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harry N Abrams Inc
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 311 x 229 x 38mm (1.75kg)
Annotation
Explains different plant pairings and why they work best together
and gives other gardening advice such as what flowers are edible.
Summary
In Natural Companions, acclaimed garden writer Ken Druse
presents recipes for perfect plant pairings using diverse species
that look great together and bloom at the same time. Organized by
theme within seasons, topics include color, fragrance, foliage,
grasses, edible flowers and much more, all presented in photographs
of gardens that show planted combinations from a wide variety of
climates and conditions. Natural Companions also features more than
one hundred special botanical images of amazing depth and color
created in collaboration with artist Ellen Hoverkamp using modern
digital technology.
Filled with an incredible amount of horticultural guidance, useful plant recommendations, and gardening lore&;all written in Druse&;s charming, witty style&;this book is a must-have for gardeners and lovers of plants and flowers.
Praise for Natural Companions:
&;Druse and Hoverkamp have made a splendid book that will be useful to careful gardeners and armchair botanists alike.&; &;American Scientist
"Provides seasonal tips on planting flowers that bloom (and look lovely) together. Whether or not you have a patch of dirt, you'll dig the book's stunning, hyper-detailed photography." &;Wall Street Journal
&;An engaging blend of humor (the punning titles are rib-ticklers), garden history, botanical knowledge, and practical advice . . ." &;Organic Gardening
"Foodies have bread and chocolate. Romantics have Rogers and Astaire. Now, in Natural Companions, garden expert Ken Druse presents the perfect partners of the plant world&;" &;New York Spaces
Filled with an incredible amount of horticultural guidance, useful plant recommendations, and gardening lore&;all written in Druse&;s charming, witty style&;this book is a must-have for gardeners and lovers of plants and flowers.
Praise for Natural Companions:
&;Druse and Hoverkamp have made a splendid book that will be useful to careful gardeners and armchair botanists alike.&; &;American Scientist
"Provides seasonal tips on planting flowers that bloom (and look lovely) together. Whether or not you have a patch of dirt, you'll dig the book's stunning, hyper-detailed photography." &;Wall Street Journal
&;An engaging blend of humor (the punning titles are rib-ticklers), garden history, botanical knowledge, and practical advice . . ." &;Organic Gardening
"Foodies have bread and chocolate. Romantics have Rogers and Astaire. Now, in Natural Companions, garden expert Ken Druse presents the perfect partners of the plant world&;" &;New York Spaces
Non-Fiction
- General Subject
- Gardening & Plants
- BISAC Subject 1
- Gardening / Garden Design
- BISAC Subject 2
- Gardening / Garden Design
- BISAC Subject 3
- Gardening / Ornamental Plants
- BIC Classification 1
- Gardening: plants
- BIC Classification 2
- Garden design & planning
- Library Subject 1
- Companion planting.
- Library Subject 2
- Plants, Ornamental.
- Library Subject 3
- Gardens; Design.
- Academic Subject 1
- Home Gardening
- Academic Subject 2
- Landscape Design And Planting
- Dewey Classification
- 635
Author Bio
Ken Druse is the author of 17 books on gardening. He is a long term
writer for The New York Times.