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| Foreword to the New Edition | x | |
| Foreword | xiii | |
| Preface | xvii | |
| 1. | Getting Started | 3 |
| A backward glance | ||
| Getting to know your place | ||
| Existing plants | ||
| The search for sun | ||
| A balcony ceiling | ||
| Assessing your pollutants | ||
| The soil | ||
| Coping with wind | ||
| The travel route | ||
| Beginning thoughts on design | ||
| The formal approach | ||
| A naturalistic view | ||
| Space with style | ||
| Garden Plans and Photographs | 14 | |
| 2. | Nonplant Considerations | 33 |
| What goes on outside | ||
| What's underfoot | ||
| Coping with leaks | ||
| Paving surfaces | ||
| Something to sit on | ||
| Neighborly fences | ||
| Lattice patterns | ||
| Trompe l'oeil | ||
| Garden mirrors | ||
| Gazebos | ||
| Awnings | ||
| On windy rooftops | ||
| Let there be light | ||
| 3. | Meet Nature's Dramatics Personae | 49 |
| All the garden's stage | ||
| The woody ones | ||
| Perennials | ||
| Ferns | ||
| Ornamental grasses | ||
| Annuals | ||
| Tender perennials | ||
| Houseplants outside | ||
| Biennials | ||
| Bulbs and their cousins | ||
| Herbal delights | ||
| Vines and climbers | ||
| Using leaners | ||
| And espaliers | ||
| Topiary whimsies | ||
| 4. | Narrowing the Choices: Some City Plants I've Known | 65 |
| Where to begin | ||
| The crossword puzzle approach | ||
| The leading players: splendid shrubs and terrific trees | ||
| The supporting cast: favorites for flowers, foliage, fragrance or flavor | ||
| Creative covers: climbers for walls and fences | ||
| Garden Plans and Photographs | 94 | |
| 5. | Finding and Buying Your Plants | 113 |
| On temptation | ||
| Where hardy plants come from | ||
| Finding a nursery | ||
| The importance of roots | ||
| Container plants | ||
| B & B plants | ||
| Seedlings | ||
| Mail-order catalogues | ||
| The wild things | ||
| Learning your Latin | ||
| Facing a move | ||
| Gardening safely | ||
| 6. | The Secret Is in the Soil | 129 |
| Soil is not dirt | ||
| Sand | ||
| Vermiculite | ||
| Perlite | ||
| How much lightener | ||
| Restoring soil fertility | ||
| The soil conditioner | ||
| NPK, the big 3 | ||
| Understanding the label | ||
| Fertilizer sources | ||
| The mystery of acidity and alkalinity | ||
| Plants for acid soil | ||
| Increasing pH | ||
| Analyzing soil | ||
| 7. | Containers for Summer and Winter | 145 |
| The windowbox | ||
| The quest for planters | ||
| Basics for building with wood | ||
| Use containers to create the space | ||
| Container gardens for winter | ||
| Where there's wind | ||
| Containers built for root pruning | ||
| Watch your weight | ||
| Happiness is a good container mix | ||
| Reducing soil weight | ||
| Preparing the "hole" | ||
| Be fearless | ||
| Garden Plans and Photographs | 158 | |
| 8. | Planting and Other Earth-Shattering Ideas | 177 |
| An early beginning | ||
| Shrubs, small trees, hardy perennials | ||
| B & B plants | ||
| Spacing for now and then | ||
| Seedlings of flowers, veggies and herbs | ||
| The importance of mulch | ||
| The instant lawn | ||
| Plants to use as ground covers | ||
| The front-door garden | ||
| Useful invaders | ||
| 9. | Water Comes Not from Heaven Alone | 191 |
| The finger test | ||
| When to water | ||
| Roots in the ground | ||
| Roots in containers | ||
| Plants that tolerate moist soils | ||
| Plants with minimal water needs | ||
| Controll-ing soil moisture | ||
| The watering can | ||
| The hose | ||
| Keep those plants clean | ||
| A basic watering system | ||
| Watering containers when it's cold | ||
| The balcony ceiling | ||
| Use your snow | ||
| 10. | Continuing Through Autumn | 205 |
| End-of-season blues | ||
| Coping with compost | ||
| Humus without tears | ||
| Soil restoration | ||
| City plowing downstairs | ||
| And upstairs | ||
| Sampling autumn's splendor | ||
| Autumn alterations | ||
| A spring plot for bulbs | ||
| Plants that tolerate wind | ||
| A winter setting | ||
| 11. | City Girth Control | 221 |
| Nature's rampant growth | ||
| Controlling the woody crowd | ||
| Division | ||
| Needle evergreens | ||
| Plants for hedges | ||
| Globes, pyramids and other topiary shapes | ||
| When you can't grow up | ||
| Beautiful weepers | ||
| Espaliers | ||
| The right tool | ||
| Pruning time | ||
| Root pruning container trees and shrubs | ||
| Compensating for root loss | ||
| Dwarf shrubs | ||
| Garden Plans and Photographs | 238 | |
| 12. | Not Quite Eden | 257 |
| Behold the caterpillar | ||
| Controlling nature | ||
| Balancing nature | ||
| Getting to know some "good guys" | ||
| Discouraging undesirables | ||
| Choosing your weapon | ||
| A selection of pests | ||
| Pesticide application | ||
| And formulation | ||
| Air pollutants | ||
| Nonpathogenic problems | ||
| Plant diseases | ||
| The birds and bees | ||
| Squirrels | ||
| Poisonous plants | ||
| 13. | The City Gardener's Almanac | 279 |
| Early spring | ||
| Late spring | ||
| Early summer | ||
| Late summer | ||
| Early autumn | ||
| Late autumn | ||
| Winter | ||
| Afterword | 285 | |
| Elizabeth Scholtz | ||
| Where to Find What by Mail | 288 | |
| Finding suppliers | ||
| Smart shopping | ||
| Sources of garden furnishings | ||
| Garden ornaments | ||
| Gazebos | ||
| Tools and other essential gadgets | ||
| Soil tests | ||
| Natural controls and fertilizers | ||
| Garden plants | ||
| Seeds, perennials (may include annuals), ornamental shrubs and trees | ||
| Roses | ||
| The edible landscape | ||
| Bulbs | ||
| Tropicals and house-plants | ||
| Water plants, fish and aquatic supplies | ||
| Bibliography | 299 | |
| With Gratitude | 303 | |
| Index | 304 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Lauren Giovannoni
reviewed The City Gardener's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Small Space Gardening on April 09, 2019
The City Gardener's Handbook
I felt the book's title was a bit misleading as it seemed to focus primarily on small backyards and rooftop gardens, but didn't really cover balconies and other really small spaces. (Perhaps that was all covered in the author's earlier book on terrace gardening?) There was a great deal of helpful information though, with many lists of plants arranged in different ways. The resources section is likely very out of date, as well as the focus on mail-order catalogs. Many of the pictures were interesting and while the main focus was on plants, there was some thought given to "hardscape" aspects in one chapter.
A decent reference book.
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