"It makes generous use of photographs, illustrations, charts, & special boxed segments to help pull the various concepts together.... It will be a useful volume in public libraries."-Booklist

Offers planting plans and plant descriptions to maximize the effects of color in a perennial garden

The complete guide to natural & chemical-free gardening.

Describes the physical characteristics and hardiness of more than five thousand alphabetized perennials, provides guidance on their cultivation and propagation, and includes over a thousand color photos, sidebars on pests and other topics, and an index of common names.

From the "Galloping Gourmet" of the garden world comes a guide to perennials to fit every gardener's needs. 300 color photos. 7 color garden layouts.

Provides information on the history, uses, range, and characteristics of more than one hundred herbs, and offers tips on growing them

Over 400 entries of the most practical, up-to-date gardening information ever, collected from garden experts and writers nationwide! "Gardens are places to renew yourself in mind and body, to reawaken to the truth and beauty of the natural world, and to feel the life force inside and around you. And the organic way to garden is safer, cheaper, and more satisfying. Organic gardeners have shown that it's possible to have pleasant and productive gardens in every part of this country without using toxic chemicals. They make their home grounds an island of purity."--Robert Rodale