Simple Weekend Projects for a Great Garden.
If you long for a great-looking garden but want to spend more time enjoying it than looking after it, this book has the solutions.
More than 50 quick-and-easy, low-maintenance projects show you how to turn your gardening dreams into reality. The book is packed with creative ideas, from brightening up your walls and window ledges and creating colourful beds and borders to making a new lawn and laying out simple paths.
Each project features:
- A full list of the tools and materials you will need before you start
- Details of how long the project will take
- Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
- A specially designed planting scheme
- Close-up identification photographs of all the plants used
- Maintenance tips to help you keep your garden looking at its best
A 'Gardening Basics' section provides a handy step-by-step guide to all the most common gardening techniques, from sowing, weeding and watering to pruning and dealing with garden pests and diseases.
Both inspirational and practical, 'The Weekend Gardener' is the perfect book for all busy gardeners and would-be gardeners who are full of good intentions but short of time.