Series:

Month-By-Month

4 total works

Cover of Your Wildlife Garden

Your Wildlife Garden

by Jackie Bennett

Published 26 April 2011
A photo-filled guide to cultivating a wildlife haven in your own garden with projects for every month of the year.

This book covers everything the gardener needs to know to cultivate and maintain a wildlife haven in their own garden, however small. A wealth of practical information and color photographs on natural gardening in a clear, easy-to-use, month-by-month format allows gardeners to find the advice they need instantly, when they need it.

You'll find an introduction to wild plants and creatures for each month, together with seasonal tips, tasks, checklists, and detailed plant profiles--and easy-to-follow practical projects to create new habitats, such as making a wildlife pond, building a nest box, planning a herb bed, planting a summer meadow, and more.

Cover of The Container Garden Month-by-month
Presenting advice on container gardening in a seasonal progression, this book aims to help readers to choose the plants and then grow and maintain them for an attractive display throughout the year. A chapter for each month includes instructions and check-lists for seasonal tasks, profiles of plants in bloom, and a detailed practical project.

Cover of The Wildlife Garden Month-by-month
Offering gardeners, however small their garden, a chance to make a contribution towards conserving our native flora and fauna, this handbook provides information in a month-by-month format. Each monthly chapter presents an introduction to the wild plants and creatures to expect at that time of the year, straightforward instructions and a checklist for seasonal tasks, profiles of plants in bloom, and a detailed practical project (such as creating a new pond or building a nest box) aimed at encouraging more wildlife into the garden.

Cover of The Cottage Garden Month-by-month
This is a month-by-month guide to understanding and creating a traditional cottage garden. Following the calendar year, the book has 12 monthly chapters, each featuring an introduction to the month, instructions and checklists for seasonal tasks, profiles of plants in flower and detailed practical projects, such as making paths, using boundaries, choosing plants for arches, porches and pergolas.