Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens: Design Ideas for Small-Space Gardening
Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens is a practical digital PDF guide to designing edible and decorative gardens in limited spaces. It is available as an instant download for convenient reading on supported devices.
Editors and contributors from Fine Gardening present planting ideas, design solutions, and techniques for making productive use of compact garden areas. The book addresses both beginners and experienced gardeners.
Its scope includes small vegetable gardens, ornamental plantings, containers, raised beds, water gardens, slopes, and mixed spaces.
Book Overview
Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens: Design Ideas for Small-Space Gardening explains how careful plant selection, site evaluation, and thoughtful design can make a small garden productive and attractive. The book covers edible and ornamental gardening, with practical chapters on soil, fertilizer, irrigation, composting, pruning, crop rotation, and space-saving structures.
The collection comes from the editors and contributors of Fine Gardening. It includes an index, a USDA Hardiness Zone map, sources, contributors, and credits.
As a gardening reference, it suits readers planning gardens in houses, apartments, townhouses, condominiums, urban spaces, and other areas with limited square footage.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Fertilizing, soilless mixes, composting, and water-saving drip irrigation.
- Direct sowing, crop rotation, raised beds, bamboo trellises, and pruning techniques.
- Ways to grow vegetables such as peppers, peas, corn, and squash in tight quarters.
- Design approaches for small spaces, including diagonal layouts, slopes, and methods for making spaces feel larger.
- Ideas for dwarf conifers, water gardens, container gardens, edible plantings, and ornamental plants.
- Reference material including a USDA Hardiness Zone map, sources, contributors, credits, and an index.
Why This Book Matters
This book treats limited space as a design and cultivation challenge rather than a barrier to gardening. Its combined coverage of edible and ornamental plants makes it relevant to readers seeking harvests, visual interest, or both.
The contents bring together practical growing methods and landscape design ideas. The result is a broad reference for gardeners working with small beds, containers, compact yards, and other restricted spaces.
Book Details
| Title | Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens: design ideas for small-space gardening |
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| Author | Editors of Fine Gardening |
| Editor | Jennifer Renjilian-Morris |
| Indexer | Jim Curtis |
| Cover Design | Kim Adis |
| Interior Design | Kim Adis, Stacy Wakefield |
| Layout | Stacy Wakefield |
| Cover Photographer | Brian Vanden Brink |
| Publisher | The Taunton Press, Inc. |
| Imprint Location | Newtown, CT 06470-5506 |
| Copyright | 2013 |
| Publication Date | January 7, 2014 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 210 |
| Format | |
| File Type | |
| File Size | 37.2 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 38986078 |
| E-Book ISBN | 978-1-62710-484-5 |
| ISBN-10 | 1621137945 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1621137948 |
| Library of Congress Classification | SB473. F57 2013 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 635–dc23 |
| Library of Congress Control Number | 2013037617 |
| PDF Keywords | Reina |
| Rating | 4.7 out of 5 stars |
| Review Count | 24 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #611,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) |
| Category Rank | #150 in Urban Gardening (Books) |
| Category Rank | #609 in Garden Design (Books) |
| Source Link | https://www.amazon.com/Fine-Gardening-Pocket-Gardens-small-space/dp/1621137945 |
Device Compatibility
This is a digital PDF download, so no physical copy will be shipped. Access is available after purchase.
The file works with appropriate Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps. Compatibility may vary by device and software.
FAQ
How soon can I access the book?
Access is available after purchase, with instant download of the digital file.
Will I receive a physical copy?
No. This product is a digital download, and no physical shipping is involved.
Which devices can open the file?
The PDF can be read with compatible Kindle apps, tablets, desktop or mobile devices, and reading apps.
Download Fine Gardening Pocket Gardens for a practical reference on planning and cultivating gardens in compact spaces.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Publisher address | 63 South Main Street, PO Box 5506, Newtown, CT 06470-5506 |
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