Staff Pick
With a focus on perennials (for veggie growing, look elsewhere), this is the perfect option for a beginning gardener looking to take advantage of our region's wonderful climate. Pictures of and info on specific plants will ensure you make good choices to create and maintain a beautiful yard. Recommended By Eva F., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
The climate of the Pacific Northwest presents its gardeners with a unique set of opportunities--ample rain, great soil, and moderate temperatures--and challenges--brief summer heat, wet winters, and ever-present slugs and snails. Growing the Northwest Garden tackles these problems in a fresh and comprehensive way.
This practical handbook includes everything a home gardener needs to successfully garden in the region. It explores popular gardening styles like Japanese gardens, herbaceous and mixed borders, tropical gardens, rock gardens, and woodland gardens.
Synopsis
A gardener s plant choice and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region s climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region s best perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, and bulbs. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of Pacific Northwest garden style. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest is for home gardeners in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. "
Synopsis
A must-have growing guide for home gardeners in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
A gardener's plant choices and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region's climate, soil, and geography.
Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, by regional gardening experts Paul Bonine and Amy Campion, is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region's best perennials, annuals, trees, shrubs, and bulbs. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of Northwest garden style.
Synopsis
A must-have growing guide for gardeners in the Pacific Northwest A gardener's plant choices and garden style are inextricably linked to the place they call home. In order to grow a flourishing garden, every gardener must know the specifics of their region's climate, soil, and geography. Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, by regional gardening experts Paul Bonine and Amy Campion, is comprehensive, enthusiastic, and accessible to gardeners of all levels. It features information on site and plant selection, soil preparation and maintenance, and basic design principles. Plant profiles highlight the region's best perennials, shrubs, trees, and vines. Color photographs throughout show wonderful examples of Northwest garden style.
About the Author
Paul Bonine is a garden writer, lecturer, and co-owner of the wholesale and retail specialty plant nursery Xera Plants, in Portland, Oregon. A lifelong plantsman, Paul has worked in the nursery industry for nearly twenty years and has consulted for NPR, the Sunset Western Garden Book, and the Oregonian.