With consumers seeking ways to do more with less money, The Small Budget Gardener is a must have for gardening on a budget. With helpful tips and advice, gardeners can create beautiful, healthy sustainable landscapes with recycled materials and limited resources. Author, Maureen Gilmer includes a chapter on food gardening and preserving precious resources.
Landscape designer and horticulturist, Maureen Gilmer has compiled years of gardening experience with advice on everything from amending the soil and fighting off pests and diseases in the garden, to sourcing and propagating plants, and creating landscapes and garden structures with free or recycled materials. The Small Budget Gardener addresses gardening while conserving water and minimizing energy dollars, creating an eco-friendly landscape, including a chapter on growing vegetables and offers creative ideas for adding garden structures and yard enhancements to the landscape.
Book Highlights
- As consumers deal with challenging economic times, this book offers timely advice for creating a garden retreat without breaking the bank.
- The Small Budget Gardener offers ways to conserve precious resources and obtain sustainable landscapes, making this book both penny-wise and environmentally-wise.
- Full-color images will provide inspiration to the budget friendly ideas presented.
- Value-priced
Who Might Read This Book
- Targeted for the new gardener who is starting a garden or landscape for the first time specifically Generations X and Y
- Gardeners with existing landscapes who want to add to their gardens without spending a lot of money.
- Consumers interested in recycling old items in to useable, practical additions to their home and gardens.
