February 2024 MBR The Gardening Shelf

The Gardening Shelf

The Bricks 'n Blooms Guide to a Beautiful & Easy-Care Flower Garden
Stacy Ling
Ten Peaks Press
c/o Harvest House Publishers
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
9780736988483, $26.99, PB, 224pp

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Synopsis: As household gardeners, most of us have never met a plant we coul=
dn't kill. That's why maintaining a flourishing flower garden can seem inti=
midating and/or time-consuming. Especially when we have hoed, planted, and =
weeded around in the dirt with nothing to show for it except a sunburn and =
a sore back?

That's why "The Bricks 'n Blooms Guide to a Beautiful and Easy-Care Flower =
Garden" by Stacy Ling offers the ordinary, non-specialist, ever hopeful, fl=
ower loving home gardener everything needed to be known in order to confide=
ntly grow beautiful flowers.

This thoroughly 'user friendly' and beautifully illustrated DIY flower gard=
ening guide covers: Gardening basics to set you up for success; Great garde=
n design ideas with ready-made plans for you to follow; Easy-care instructi=
ons for a wide variety of flowers and flowering shrubs; Helpful how-tos for=
 container and cut flower gardening. Of special note is the profusion of gr=
aphs, charts, and lists to help you to stay organized and successful in rai=
sing your flower garden.

Critique: An absolutely ideal, step-by-step inspiringly illuminated DIY how=
-to guide will give both the novice as well as the experienced gardener the=
 knowledge and confidence needed to grow beautiful flowers season after sea=
son, year after year. While especially and specifically recommended for per=
sonal, professional, and community library Gardening/Horticulture collectio=
ns, it should be noted that "The Bricks 'n Blooms Guide to a Beautiful and =
Easy-Care Flower Garden" is also readily available in a digital book format=
 (Kindle, $20.49).

Editorial Note: Stacy Ling (https://stacyling.com) is a master gardener, a =
blogger, and the creator of the Bricks 'n Blooms lifestyle brand. Stacy's s=
uccessful partnerships with other notable brands include Proven Winners, Ga=
rden Design, and Gardeners Supply. She has also been featured in Wine Enthu=
siast magazine and on an episode of the popular HGTV show House Hunters. St=
acy and her husband, Christopher, live in an 1850s farmhouse with their thr=
ee daughters.

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