The Urban Garden
101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In The Urban Garden you’ll find dozens of inspiring and creative ways to grow flowers, shrubs, vegetables, herbs, and other plants in small spaces and with a limited budget.
Whether you want to grow on a balcony, rooftop, front stoop, or a tiny urban patio, turn your growing dreams into reality and build a gorgeous and unique garden that showcases your personal style while still being functional and productive. With the ingenious ideas and resourceful tactics found here, you’ll be maximizing yields and beauty from every square inch of your space, while also making a lush outdoor living area you’ll crave spending time in.
Take inspiration from urban gardeners around the world and learn to: Install planting pockets on fences and wallsGrow a rooftop garden in lightweight grow bagsTips for designing small spaces that feel BIGBuild a salad table for growing lettuce and greensUtilize garden structures and plants for decorative screeningSupport pollinators by creating a small-scale habitatDesign a pet-friendly urban yardEmploy climbing plants and vines to add privacy and reduce noisePlant in layers to maximize yields and add beauty Whether you’re growing edible plants or beautiful flowers, the 101 amazing growing ideas found in The Urban Garden will turn your tiny urban yard into a treasure trove of green you’ll be proud to share with family and friends.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Small-space gardening is a fact of life for a majority of those living in urban neighborhoods," write Jentz, editor of Washington Gardener Magazine, and estate gardener Speight in this practical compendium. To help readers "concentrate on creating tiny jewel boxes," they advise on turning rooftops, stoops, and patios into lush areas. There are "clever container" ideas including stock tank planters (which provide an "urban chic" look), deep window boxes, and a home-built tower garden, as well as information on flowers (stick with perennials that need no fussing and self-sowing annuals). Growing food, they write, can be a challenge given "pressure from pests" and "the threat of theft," but garlic and root vegetables do well in pots. As for entertaining in a small garden, "anything that supports your weight" can be a seat, including straw bales or a board over two buckets. With their wealth of projects, the authors make a convincing case that small garden spaces need not mean skimping on style. Anyone with a yen to garden but little room for digging will find this worth returning to.
