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Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners By Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens


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Kew Answers for Everyday Gardenerssolves all your gardening conundrums, from pest control to pruning, wildlife to weather management.

Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners Summary

Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners: 100 Questions Answered by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

Never find yourself stuck for gardening advice again with this handy and informative book, packed with advice from the experts at Kew Gardens.

Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners solves all your gardening conundrums, from pest control to pruning, and wildlife to weather management, with a series of 100 questions.

Polly Stevens, manager of decorative displays at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew shares her answers to the questions she gets asked most by visitors to the gardens from pest control to wildlife care, planting advice to pruning. For each question there is a clear answer and expert tips and techniques.

The questions include:

  • How do I tell what kind of soil I have?
  • What is the best time of year to prune?
  • How do I make a wildlife pond?
  • How do I deal with pests without using chemicals?
  • How do I collect rainwater?

Written with the modern gardener in mind, the advice prioritises solutions that care for the environment, with guidance on chemical-free gardening, environmentally friendly methods for pest and disease control, and encouraging wildlife.

This is a beautiful and practical guide for everyday gardeners, destined to become a staple on every gardener's bookshelf. Everything youve ever wanted to know about gardening, from experts, in an easy-to-navigate guidebook. Whatever gardener you are: urban, rural, hobbyist, professional, young, old, spring- or autumn-planter, this book has all the advice you need.

About Kew Royal Botanic Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kews horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens the most diverse collection in the world.

POLLY STEVENS completed a diploma inHorticulture with the Royal HorticulturalSociety, based at Wisley. She currentlymanages the Decorative Display Unit atthe Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
UNDERSTANDING YOUR GARDEN
TOP TEN PLANTS FOR BEGINNER GARDENERS
PLANTING AND PROPAGATION
TOP TEN PLANTS FOR PROPAGATION
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
TOP TEN LOW-MAINTENANCE PLANTS
PESTS AND DISEASES
TOP TEN PEST- AND DISEASE-RESISTANT PLANTS
GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE
TOP TEN PLANTS FOR WILDLIFE
CONCLUSION
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS

Additional information

GOR013813988
9780711288881
0711288887
Kew Answers for Everyday Gardeners: 100 Questions Answered by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
2024-06-27
176
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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