RHS Greener Gardening: Containers: the sustainable guide to growing flowers, shurbs and crops in pots

di Ann Treneman (Autore)

Royal Horticultural Society (Autore)

Octopus Publishing Group, 2024

This complete primer on how to make an eco-friendly container garden is dedicated to showing that everyone can have a garden, no matter the size, that can benefit the planet. RHS Greener Gardening: Containers guides you through greener choices when it comes to creating a container garden including materials, design, plant choice and maintenance. A few pots on the patio or a window box can become a dynamic mini eco system. A balcony garden can attract wildlife. With the right plants to choose from, a patio can hold an orchard. It's all a matter of 'thinking green', using recycled materials when possible, being wildlife-friendly, choosing plants that will avoid waste, and gardening sustainably. Featuring an easy-to-follow guide to green techniques as well as a helpful series of plant profiles, this is the perfect handbook for a sustainable container garden. Sections include: - Setting up your container garden - Container gardening techniques: sourcing plants, containers & contents, watering, feeding & troubleshooting - Creating containers: growing in groups, choosing a theme, how to create a map or a plan

• Autore: Ann Treneman, Royal Horticultural Society
• Editore: Octopus Publishing Group
• Anno: 2024
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 160 p.
• Dimensioni: 232 x 172 mm
• Peso: 606 gr.
• EAN: 9781784729318

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