Short Cuts to Beautiful Gardens - Hardcover

Covering the main elements of gardening, this guide provides practical information to improve the look and condition of gardens, from quick planting ideas to time-saving maintenance tips. There are garden designs, planting plans and projects to help transform a garden.

Gardening is often a labor of love...but you'll love it even more with less labor! With a few fast and easy techniques, existing gardens can flourish beyond recognition. Just follow these tips on what to keep and what to scrap, shortcuts to solving common problems, and innovative planting schemes that work just about anywhere. Transform a garden's entire structure with readily built features, mechanize tasks, and introduce garden-friendly plants that suppress weeds. Quick-fix "garden therapy" focuses on renewing every important element: add year-round color rapidly, personalize the space with distinctive ornaments, find the potential in what's already there, and even tidy up unkempt lawns and other signs of neglect. You'll spend fewer hours working, but every one will really count! A Selection of Doubleday's Garden Book Club. 128 pages, 86 color illus., 30 b/w illus., 7 3/4 x 10.