this attractive, handy pocket book is a treasure trove of gardening facts and curiosities, notes and quotes. Packed with useful and fascinating information, the Gardener's Pocket Companion will let you into many secrets, including how Joseph Paxton, designer of Crystal Palace and landscape gardener extraordinaire, rose from poverty to become a multi-millionaire, where London's hidden gardens are located, which tree provided sixteenth-century Europeans with a cure for venereal disease, how to perform the soil fist test to determine soil type, and what Nelson Mandela grew in his prison garden.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pavilion Books
ISBN-13
9781862057951
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96251011
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gardener's Pocket Companion
Author
ANOVA Books, Vicky Bamforth
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Gardening, Gardens
Publication Year
2008
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
160mm
Item Width
110mm
Item Weight
161g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Vicky Bamforth, ANOVA Books
Series Title
Pocket Companions
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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