A Harrowsmith Gardener's Guide: Shade Gardens - Softcover

"What is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade of a favorite tree on a hot summer's day and gently sip, a long, cool drink?" one of the authors of "Shade Gardens" asks rhetorically, and the reader is soon seduced into a longing for the "shadowy places if a cool repose" described in this latest "Harrowsmith" gardener's guide.

Th play of sunlight and shadow among leaves and flowers is what makes a garden a mysterious and welcoming place, say the authors, and their advice is both for those who have inherited shade and for those are attempting to create it. From soil composition and garden design and maintenance, to plant selection for city plots and for yards containing natural woodland, "Shade Gardens" offers practical, straightforward counsel that will prove invaluable to the shade gardener.

Chapters Include:

· Love of Shade

· City Shade

· The Woodland Garden

· Shade-Garden Plants

· Zone Maps

· Index