Synopses & Reviews
Flowers are the first love of most gardeners. From sunflowers as big as dinner plates to delicate bleeding hearts to showstopping red-hot pokers, The New Flower Gardener: An Inspiring Guide to the Most Captivating of Flowering Plants is an inspiring guide to the most charismatic flowering plants, packed with spellbinding close-up flower portraits and a wealth of growing information.
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The close-ups of flowers live up to DK Publishing's reputation for producing books with stunning photos. (The American Herb Association)
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If you like breathtaking pictures of your favorite blooms or if you're just starting out and want a gander at possible posies to become your heart's desire, The New Flower Gardener, by Pippa Greenwood, certainly is a beauty (Albany Times Union, Dec. 98)
About the Author
Pippa Greenwood is a trained botanist and has demonstrated her skill in both plant pathology and entomology while working for over ten years for the Royal Horticultural Society. In between writing and recording television and radio programs, she spends time planting a large garden from scratch at her home in England and lecturing on garden pest control. She is also the author of DK's bestselling The New Gardener and Gardening Hints & Tips.