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Loading... Garden Design for the Short Season Yard: Everything You Need to Know for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones (edition 2015)by Lyndon Penner (Author)
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The only garden design book written just for the Canadian prairies Tired of advice for gorgeous yards that can only be created in climates like California, southern Ontario or Victoria? Author Lyndon Penner wrote Garden Design for the Short Season Yard for you, because he knows prairie gardeners face challenges no one faces in gentler climates. Anyone can learn the basics of garden design. In this accessible guide, you'll discover the pros' secrets: practical ways to transform your yard using basic design principles. You can create an aesthetically pleasing yard that meets your needs, whether you want stunning curb appeal, privacy, low maintenance, or a lush retreat. You'll develop your eye for design with Lyndon's short critiques of gardens, both good and bad. You'll also find worksheets to help you design your own garden. With his signature style and wit, Lyndon delivers his expert advice for a four-season makeover for your yard. Topics include: Elements of design, such as scale, balance, texture, colour and repetition. Choosing a theme and a focal point. Weather, diseases and pests. Low-maintenance, water-wise, and shade gardening. Trees, perennials, annuals and permanent garden features. No library descriptions found. |
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There aren’t many books out on gardening in our part of the world, and there’s always room for another good one. Lyndon Penner’s new book, Garden Design for the Short Season Yard: Everything You Need to Know for the Chinook and Canadian Prairie Zones, is a good one.
Like Penner’s earlier books, Garden Design for the Short Season Yard is chatty and opinionated, but backed by solid knowledge of what grows here, real-life examples, and lots of pictures.
He starts with practical basics: inspiration, components of design, space analysis, designing for plant health and wildlife. Next, design considerations: trends, themes, basic elements of design, negative space, focal points, colour, and “beyond the basic elements.” Then he covers drafting your design, plant choice, picking the right tree, and actually planting. Finally there’s a section with short critiques of real-life examples. It’s very helpful in articulating what makes a design work or not. He caps it with an appendix of definitions and worksheets and a good index.
I absolutely loved spending time with Lyndon while reading this book – he’s friendly, funny, encouraging, knowledgeable, snarky, and more, with a wide experience in this climate that is invaluable. I don’t always agree with his opinions (he disses lavender, which I love, and which has been doing very well in my garden, knock on wood!), but that’s fine. It would be a dull old world if we all agreed.