Ultimate Guide to Gardening: Grow Your Own Indoor, Vegetable, Fairy, and Other Great Gardens

Description

Whether inside or outside, decorative or edible, this book is full of gardening projects large and small. Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions are accompanied by photographs guide the aspiring gardening through planting all kinds of gardens.

Lisa Amstutz is the author of seven science books for children, one adult nonfiction title and many magazine and newspaper articles. Her educational background includes a B.A. in Biology and an M.S. in Environmental Science/Ecology. Lisa taught outdoor education for several years and still enjoys sharing her love of nature with children. Lisa lives on a six-acre hobby farm in rural Ohio with her husband and four children.

Children and parents will learn about a variety of gardening styles with this charming DIY guide. The book opens with some general tips about gardening and plant care and then presents ideas for growing edible, indoor, creative, and enchanted gardens. Many of the ideas can easily be altered to use materials available to readers. Amstutz provides suggestions for different varieties of plants, containers, and decorations for readers looking to modify the projects. . . .A solid offering for libraries in need of additional DIY or gardening materials for young students.-- "School Library Journal" Don't let the name intimidate you--this guide is as extensive as it is accessible. The book features 111 pleasingly well laid out pages, each with full-color imagery worthy of Pinterest. There are plenty of quick tips, interesting facts, detailed instructions, and even a few recipes. The writing style is informative without being dull, and the contents range from practical all the way to whimsical. . . .The variety of ideas and potential activities are impressive all on their own, but it's the affordability of most of these suggestions that most delighted this reader (/wannabe guerilla gardener.) Repurposing or recycling existing materials is a consistent theme, along with thoughts on how to procure them for cheap or free if you don't have them handy. . . .Both fun and functional, this book is a great resource for any budding young gardener.-- "YA Books Central" No green thumbs in my house, but this gorgeous book sure makes me want to try. This book is filled with beautiful indoor plant projects -- a book planter, plants in teacups, a water garden, and a moonbeam garden.-- "Imagination Soup" Simple, step-by-step directions guarantee success. Vibrant photographs make readers want to reach out and touch the fairy gardens, gnome gardens, terrariums, edible gardens, and other easy projects. This is a great book for family fun. Parents and children can return to it year after year to create different kinds of gardens together.-- "Toledo Blade" With beautiful, color photographs and concise, step-by-step directions, this book is a great resource for children and adults alike. . . .The ideas are creative and the directions are easy to follow.-- "School Library Connection"