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Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow

Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow - Hardcover

by Warren Leach
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Availability:In StockContributor:Warren LeachPublish date:2024-11-05Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Timber Press (OR)ISBN-13:9781604699265ISBN-10:1604699264UPC:9781604699265Book Category:GardeningBook Subcategory:Ornamental Plants, Garden Design, TechniquesSize:10.24 x 8.66 x 0.86 inchesWeight:2.4119Product ID:SCCS0SK3X4
Within this comprehensive reference book lie the secrets to keeping your garden beautiful despite the elements, with design and planting concepts for prolonged wintry conditions.

Though many plants go dormant in wintry months, there are many inspiring cultivars and varieties that hold their interest through the cold and snow, including brightly colored twigs, buds, and berries, dazzling winter flowers and dried seed pods. Plants for the Winter Garden extends the possibilities for the cold-climate gardener and provides invaluable insight that will make any garden thrive during the cold season.Plantsman Warren Leach shares expertise and techniques perfected over thirty years of gardening in frigid eastern Massachusetts. Discover how to incorporate structural elements like stone walls, paths, and hardy containers that keep gardens intriguing when covered with snow; accentuate plant shapes that hold their form year-round; site and prune evergreens for maximum effect; and showcase trees with textured or colorful bark that stand out in gray months. And much more!

Language:EnglishPublisher:Timber Press (OR)ISBN-13:9781604699265ISBN-10:1604699264UPC:9781604699265Book Category:GardeningBook Subcategory:Ornamental Plants, Garden Design, TechniquesSize:10.24 x 8.66 x 0.86 inchesWeight:2.4119Product ID:SCCS0SK3X4
Warren Leach is a passionate plant collector, landscape horticulturist, and award-winning garden designer. He has received, twice, the National Landscape Association Regional Certificate of Merit for Residential Landscape Design. In 2009 was awarded by the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association 1st Place for Residential Design and Installation for his ornamental vegetable garden at Brigham Hill Farm in North Grafton, images of which are archived at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In 2010, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society honored Leach with a Gold Medal for his horticultural expertise, landscape design as well as years of forcing plants and creating exceptional displays in the New England Spring Flower Show. He is an admired speaker and educator at numerous horticultural institutions and organizations throughout the Northeast, and has taught horticulture and landscape design at The University of Rhode Island, the Brown University Learning Community, Rhode Island School of Design Continuing Education and is a frequent instructor at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, as well as numerous garden clubs and botanical gardens.
Publisher: Timber Press (OR)

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