Product Description

An illustrated introduction to everything a young gardener needs to know about growing plants: equipment, safety, sowing seeds, planting bulbs, growing herbs and vegetables, getting rid of garden pets, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5641496 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-A cheerful whirlwind tour of gardening. Each subject gets two facing pages, plentifully illustrated with colorful photographs and drawings, and includes a "how to do it" section. Topics include categories of plants, garden tools, growing plants from seed, transplanting seedlings, planting bulbs, garden maintenance, growing vegetables, herbs, various garden creatures, propagating plants, arranging flowers, and indoor plants. Photographs of smiling children tending beautiful plants are inviting, as is the clear, encouraging text. Organic gardening is emphasized, as is a spirit of care for the earth. This is a rudimentary introduction that needs an experienced gardener-helper and more complete information books to aid novice gardeners. Tracy Maurer's Growing Flowers, Growing Vegetables, and Growing House Plants (all Rourke, 2000) go into a little more depth.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
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