Shade

Bloom Gardener's Guide

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Pub Date 10 May 2022 | Archive Date 17 May 2022

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"Shady plants deserve ambassadors like Susanna: someone who can view a dim corner as an opportunity rather than obstacle." 
–– Matt Collins, Head Gardener at the Garden Museum
Work with the light, grow plants and flowers, bring dark corners to life.
This handbook will tell you everything you need to know to make the most of shady garden spaces. Whether your whole garden, courtyard or balcony is cast in shade, or you simply have a window box on a shadowy sill, Shade will inspire you to transform the space with lush and interesting planting that looks good (and is beloved by wildlife) all year round. Rather than a gardener's "problem", an area of shade can open up a whole new world of plants to explore, from delicate flowers and interesting foliage, to handsome trees and vibrant bulbs.Shade includes top tips on tackling all sorts of shady areas, a directory of plants to dip into and pro advice on achieving year-round colour and structure. It's time to bring those dark corners to life! This title is from the Bloom Gardener's Guide series, complete and comprehensive gardening handbooks. Bloom is an award-winning independent print magazine for gardeners, plant admirers, nature lovers and outdoor adventurers, and winner of the Garden Publication of the Year at the Garden Media Awards 2021. Other titles in this series include Cut Flowers and Pots.  
 
"Shady plants deserve ambassadors like Susanna: someone who can view a dim corner as an opportunity rather than obstacle." 
–– Matt Collins, Head Gardener at the Garden Museum
Work with the light...

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ISBN 9780711269569
PRICE $18.00 (USD)
PAGES 160

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Shade is an excellent guidebook to transforming the shady areas we all have into gardens. The book offers advice on a wide range of topics, such as how to determine the sun’s path, how to analyze your soil, the choice of plants, the use of containers and window boxes, and how to care for your plants. While the book seems to be designed more for the UK, it’s still applicable for the US. An informative read that is never boringly technical.

My thanks to Quarto Publishing Group and to Netgalley for providing an ARC of the informative guidebook.

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Thankyou to Quarto Publishing Group and to Netgalley for providing an ARC of the informative guidebook. A guide on how to transform the shaded areas of your garden into plant paradise.
It discusses a wide range of topics such as types of soil, containers, window boxes, sun paths and much more. Susanna Grant goes into great detail on the best plants to put into your garden to make the most of the space you have and also the limited light you have. She also talks about how to care and look after your plants, so they thrive and grow
The photography throughout is stunning, showing projects Grant has done herself and also detailed photos to go along with the text to help explain what to do in your own garden.
No matter the size of your garden or the limited light you have it shouldn't limit the endless possibilities of what you can produce or create. We should be encouraged to do more gardening and grow as much as we can and Grant certainly helps us do this.
This is definitely a reference book, that you dip in and out of so you don't get overwhelmed with information and also concentrate on one section at a time.

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This is a fabulous book. I have a dark, dry shady area in my garden desperately in need of regeneration, and this book is going to help me plan something amazing!

Lots of lovely photos for inspiration, but also broken down into digestible chunks. I especially like the section which describes each plant detailing clear advice on what sort of ground they like. I'll be planting under leylandii which means the area is dark and dry - this books offers plenty of suggestions which should thrive in this terrain.

The four sections help you understand your area and plan properly. I'm fairly new to gardening and this is just the sort of book I need. Practical advice delivering in manageable parts.

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This is a beautiful and well presented book, with lots of information and photos to demonstrate various points about shade.
I live in an area with hot arid summers and cold winters, and of course I love to be able to grow the many shade loving plants I admire.
Having read this book I realise that all is not lost, there are area that I can work with to grow some of these shade loving plants. Time for me to explore and create shady spaces.
This is a lovely book to read and get a better understanding of plants and shade ( and drool over)

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