
Wildlife Gardening by Martyn Cox has the widest variety of projects. Being a DK Publishers book, it of course has tons of gorgeous photographs, symbols, and factoids. In fact, there's so much information and so many projects that it's a bit crammed full and spilling over. There doesn't appear to be any information or notes on what does or doesn't grow in certain climates, so you'll have to know your area before trying any of these projects. Also, it recommends honeysuckle in several spots and certain varieties, especially Japanese honeysuckle are, I believe, considered majorly invasive species. However, I think this book was originally published in England and possibly honeysuckle isn't a problem there. I did really like the section on hedges, as I personally aspire to having my own hedge someday.


Oh, and here's the treasure hunt....one of this books has a typo, "pristeen" instead of "pristine". I can't find, even though I went back and looked through them all again....can you find it?
Verdict: I'll probably get Wildlife Gardening and maybe Organic Gardening for the library this summer. I'd still like to find some better gardening books and I may consider just buying additional copies of the Kids Can Press Jumbo Gardening Book. I'd like to see them doing an organic one, like they did with their Jumbo Cooking Book and Jumbo Vegetarian Cooking Book for kids.
Kids Can Press Jumbo Book of Gardening
ISBN: 1550746901; Published February 2000 by Kids Can Press (out of print); Borrowed from the library; Purchased for the library
Wildlife Gardening
ISBN: 978-0756650896; Published March 2009 by DK; Borrowed from the library; Purchased for the library
Organic Gardening
ISBN: 978-1584158158; Published June 2009 by Mitchell Lane; Borrowed from the library
Kids' Container Gardening
ISBN: 978-1883052751; Published April 2010 by Ball Publishing; Borrowed from the library
3 comments:
everyone, I think, should get to have a hedge of their own.
(I knew lots of pristeens in high school...)
Isn't that a quote from one of Jane Austen's books? About a family of lesser means, who "aspire to a hedge" i.e. a grand estate.
I too, aspire to a hedge. I think everyone does, right?
One of the first things I did when we moved to our current home, and got our own garden for the first time was plant a hedge - lots of native species. 6 years on and it's now coming into its own with berries and blossom, and a place much loved by the garden birds.
And yes, honeysuckle isn't seen as a problem here - it's an quintessential "cottage garden" flower - much loved!
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