Edible gardens / Elizabeth Peters, editor.
This volume is a brief encyclopedia of edible plants, offering colorful profiles highlighting each plant's ornamental attributes, origins, use as food, and cultivation requirements. A portfolio of garden designs -- including a home orchard, traditional kitchen gardens, children's garden, container g...
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Language: | English |
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Brooklyn, NY :
Brooklyn Botanic Garden,
[2011], ©2011.
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Series: | Brooklyn Botanic Garden guides for a greener planet ;
handbook no.196. |
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Physical Description: | 119 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Format: | Book |
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This volume is a brief encyclopedia of edible plants, offering colorful profiles highlighting each plant's ornamental attributes, origins, use as food, and cultivation requirements. A portfolio of garden designs -- including a home orchard, traditional kitchen gardens, children's garden, container gardens, and school garden -- provides inspiration for home and professional gardeners alike. Additional information on organic care and sustainable techniques (slow gardening, permaculture, building soil) completes this hands-on guide. |
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Call Number: | SB475.9.E35 E36 2011 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-113) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781889538754 (pbk.) 1889538752 (pbk.) |