The City and Town Gardener: A Handbook for Planting Small Spaces and Containers

by Linda Yang

Critics' Voted One of the Year's Best Books by Publishers Weekly

With 64 pages of color photographs, black-and-white drawings throughout, and an updated list of 100 sources of plants and supplies

Here is the definitive guide for gardening in small spaces and containers, covering planting, design, and maintenance. As delightful as it is comprehensive, this book is written with the warmth, enthusiasm, and clarity that since 1979 has distinguished Linda Yang's columns in the Home Section of The New York Times. It will inspire gardeners coping with the limited confines of a small backyard or front garden, patio, balcony, doorstep, terrace, rooftop, or deck.

Reviewers From Coast to Coast Praised the Original Hardcover Edition

Genres: Gardening

316 pages, Paperback

First published June 16, 1990

Reviews

[Rhode PVD]

Terrifically useful, especially if one is considering a roof garden.