Product Description

A great new gardening book for Alberta! This handy guide is packed with the best plant varieties youíll want for your garden: annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs, vines, roses, bulbs, ornamental grasses and herbs.Small enough to take to the garden centre or nursery, yet filled with beautiful photos, it contains all the gardening information you need to decide which plants to select and how to care for them. Includes information on habitat, height and spread; plant features and flower colors; information on soil, light and water; and tips on best use of the plant in your garden.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2645303 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Review
The writing is concise, providing succinct recommendations and growing tips on plants that are proven successes. --Canadian Gardening Magazine, Toronto.

This easy-to-navigate reference book offers an astounding amount of information but is still small enough to tote around with you. --Edmonton Sun

About the Author
DONNA DAWSON is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in gardening and as the owner/publisher of icangarden.com, Canadaís 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 Gardening 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 and 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 is a certified master gardener with more than 16 years of experience as a retail gardening consultant. She has researched and written 19 gardening books to date. Her practical knowledge of contemporary plant varieties and gardening products covers almost every aspect of the horticulture industry. Her areas of interest include roses, alpines and exotic perennials, as well as Japanese and indoor gardening.