Contained Gardens: Creative Designs and Projects
- ISBN-10
- 0882668994
- ISBN-13
- 9780882668994
- Category
- Gardening / Techniques
- Pages
- 160
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Storey Communications
- Authors
- Susan Berry, Steve Bradley
Description
This complete guide includes design ideas and suggestions for how to choose and group unique containers, advice on creating color themes and using plant textures and leaf shapes to best advantage, instructions for how to plant in a variety of containers, and examples of different types of containers. Illustrations.
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