Pocket Gardens: Design ideas for small-space gardening

210 Pages·2015·50.195 MB·English

by  Editors and Contributors of Fine Gardening

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Text © 2013 by The Taunton Press, Inc.
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Editor: Jennifer Renjilian-Morris
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Cover photographer: Brian Vanden Brink
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fine gardening pocket gardens : design ideas for small-space gardening / author: editors &
contributors of Fine gardening.
p. cm.
Design ideas for small-space gardening
Includes index.
E-Book ISBN 978-1-62710-484-5
1. Gardens--Design. 2. Small gardens. I. Fine gardening. II. Title: Design ideas for small-space
gardening.
SB473. F57 2013
635--dc23
2013037617
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
acknowledgments
Thanks to the many contributors—authors, photographers,
illustrators, and editors—to Fine Gardening magazine.
Thanks to the book’s editors: Jennifer Renjilian Morris, for
all of her hard work putting this book together, and Renee I.
Neiger, for overseeing the project.
vi basics
c o n t e n t s
Basics ediBle decorative plants for
gardens gardens small spaces
Fertilizing basics ..........6
Mixing edibles with designing small- edibles ...................184
choosing the right ornamentals .............46 space gardens ........104
soilless Mix ...............12 ornamentals ..........186
Front-Yard there’s big potential
gardener Fred Vegetables ................54 in small spaces .......110 grasses .................188
pappalardo’s space-
saving composting Finding space a townhouse trees & shrubs ........189
system .....................18 for Veggies ...............60 garden room ..........116
Water Wisely with bigger Yields from Make a small space
drip irrigation ...........20 small gardens ..........66 Feel bigger .............120 Usda Hardiness
Zone map .............192
direct sowing building raised Landscape architect sources ...................193
Made easy ...............26 beds .........................72 billy goodnick’s advice
contributors ............194
for designing on the
Maximize Your Fine gardening senior diagonal ................128 credits ....................196
Harvest ....................32 editor Michelle gervais’s index ......................198
bamboo trellis plan ....78 pint-size
crop rotation for garden spaces ........130
any garden ..............38 perfect peppers
for pots .....................80 Mystery Makes a small
Landscape designer space Feel bigger ....134
Janet Macunovich’s small peas for
pruning secrets to keep small spaces .............84 gardening
a tree small ..............43 on the rocks ............140
grow Your
own corn ................90 planting on a slope ..148
squash in Make the Most of
tight Quarters ..........96 every square Foot ....156
Landscape designer
susan Morrison’s
tips for breaking Up
the backyard box .....160
designing with
dwarf conifers ........162
a Water garden
to Fit any space. ......168
great container
gardens .................176

i n t r o d u c t i o n
If you have ever seen a plant sprouting from a crack in
the pavement, you can understand that plants will grow almost
anywhere. So you can just forget the idea that you can’t have a
garden because you don’t have enough room. As this book will
show you, all you need is a little extra attention to choosing your
plants, evaluating your conditions, and designing your space. But
in the end, whether you want to grow edibles, ornamentals, or
both, plants are plants, so after a little attention to the basics, you
will find informative and inspirational chapters that will turn your
small space into something special.
Steve Aitken, Editor, Fine Gardening
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