Christina Symons & John Gillespie Harbour Publishing, 208 pages, $29.95
There is so much more to gardening than just taking care of the plants you have growing. A garden is an expression of your taste and is a living canvas for you to design and modify.
Authors Symons and Gillespie want to help you deal with many of the regular gardening concerns, such as pruning, transplanting, and pest control. But they also encourage you to add whimsical touches and to experiment with unusual plantings.
Each of the over 100 ideas is presented with colour photographs and step-by-step instructions. Whether you are learning to make concrete containers or helping nature along by doing your own pollinating, the authors make the process easy and fun.
From stonework to playhouses, transplanting trees to pruning hedges, there is a wealth of interesting ideas and techniques presented here. TERRY PETERS
