The Climbing Garden

Cathy Wilkinson Barash

• 28 juni 2000
• 9781567999648

Samenvatting:

This practical guide uses more than seventy different plants to expand any gardening scheme -- upward. Available gardening space has become increasingly rare, and this comprehensive volume demonstrates how rethinking garden space reveals an abundance of vertical area that is just waiting to be utilized.


The Climbing Garden explores the concept of maximizing the vertical space in any garden, regardless of its size, and surveys the foundation of any successful vertical garden: arbors, walls, and cages, as well as plant supports you may not have considered. Gardening basics provide the necessary information for any successful vertical garden, from watering to composting to pruning, whether your vines and climbers are edibles or ornamentals. Both novices and more experienced gardeners will learn how to incorporate vines and climbers into the garden, using an assortment of designs suited to a range of garden sizes and hardiness zones.


In addition, there are tips throughout that outline many of the finer aspects of vertical gardening, such as growing vines in shade and designing with vines that have ornamental fruits, berries, or seedpods.


Written by an award-winning garden writer and photographer, this remarkable book is designed for gardeners of every ability, regardless of the regions in which they live.