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The Gardener's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Success with Plants

by Stefan Buczacki, Nigel Chadwick, Tessa Paul
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The Gardener's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Success with Plants
The Gardener's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Success with Plants

Ultimate guide for novice and seasoned gardeners.

This book could be a cherished companion for you if you have a love for tending to plants or aspire to cultivate your own garden. Tessa Paul combines practical advice with beautiful illustrations, creating a rich resource that's as useful to the green thumb novice as it is to the seasoned horticulturist. With its accessible content, it’ll surely help your garden to thrive.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Gardener's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Success with Plants

by Stefan Buczacki, Nigel Chadwick, Tessa Paul
$18.90 Now $4.90 Save 74%
Compare to estimated retail price: S$35.49  

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ISBN: 9780805023916
Authors: Stefan Buczacki, Nigel Chadwick, Tessa Paul
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
Date of Publication: 1993-01-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Nature, Food & Drink, Personal Development
Related Topics: Biology, Environment, How To, Natural History
Goodreads rating: 3.5
(rated by 2 readers)

Description

A compact, nicely illustrated guide with plenty of good information and inspiration for both beginning and experienced gardeners. The author is a British gardening expert known for his presentations on BBC radio. Measurements are provided in both US and metric units.
 

Ultimate guide for novice and seasoned gardeners.

This book could be a cherished companion for you if you have a love for tending to plants or aspire to cultivate your own garden. Tessa Paul combines practical advice with beautiful illustrations, creating a rich resource that's as useful to the green thumb novice as it is to the seasoned horticulturist. With its accessible content, it’ll surely help your garden to thrive.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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