Publisher's Synopsis
This illustrated guide book vividly introduces the joys of window box gardening to house and apartment dwellers who desire a new, beautifying hobby.
Window Box Gardening - A Practical Introduction is particularly intended for people living in cities with little or no gardening space inside their home. This well-written, passionate guide introduces plants of winter, spring and summer perfect for your first forays into window gardening. In this way, aspiring horticulturalists may assemble a full calendar itinerary to keep their planters and plant pots blooming through the year.
Instruction is likewise given upon the subject of miniature mobile window greenhouses, with guidance given on constructing one for situation upon a window ledge. Designed to keep plants blooming and alive through the cold winter months of temperate climates, the brilliance of this concept lies in its simplicity.
The practical techniques discussed are perfect for those wishing to attain a foundation, and perhaps progress to cultivation of natural herbs in small planters. While most of the plants detailed in this manual are commoner variaties, thousands of attractive plant types are adaptable to the conditions of the windowsill - sun, ventilation, and perhaps landlord permitting.
Finally, the book examines the practice of constructing sea gardens in aquariums. Citing the availability of both DIY aquarium kits as well as commercial models, Tiffany Grant draws apt parallels between a tranquil home for fish and the splendid display of colour bursting from a finely tended window garden.
Author Tiffany Grant is herself a city dweller and a longtime gardening enthusiast. This book uses the personal experience of the Tiffany's life in a first floor apartment to its advantage. The ability to imprint a part of herself to the page, and thereby confer practical knowledge to the reader, is not to be doubted. At this conclusion of this primer, the reader can feel inspired, motivated and confident to commence window gardening.
