Dirt: The Lowdown On Growing a Garden With Style
by Dianne Benson
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Author: Dianne BensonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-02-01
ISBN: 0440506093
Number of pages: 374
Publisher: Dell Publishing
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Book Review: One of the best gardening books ever written
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the first gardening book I bought and it is still one of my favorites. I knew absolutely nothing about plants or gardening and what I learned from this book was amazing. First, Dianne has fashion background so immediately all the gardening spam is eliminated - no hideous marigolds or alchemilla.Her plant descriptions are superb with correct botanical names AND phonetic pronounciations (to save you embarassment when you are describing some divine little number to Martha Stewart or Penelope Hobhouse).She discusses tools, clothing, soil preparation but most importantly the bones or strucuture of a garden that is really the framework for the plantings. She takes you through the process of how she created her garden but unlike most gardening authors, has a great sense of humor and has the most marvelous anecdotes. It is heartbreaking that this book is no longer in print, because she makes gardening fun and creative and not so daunting to beginners. If you can get your hands on this book, it is worth almost any price. This and a good plant encyclopedia will get you through many years of gardening. Her next book will doubtless be sensational.
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