| Plants of the Metroplex: Newly Revised Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Garrett, Howard (Author), Burton, Alex (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0292728158 ISBN-13: 9780292728158 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: Now expanded to cover Texas and beyond, Plants of the Metroplex is the only Texas book available giving practical landscape advice from a landscape architect's point of view. Howard Garrett uses his years of experience as a gardener, landscape contractor, maintenance contractor, and landscape architect to give you clear-cut, money-saving advice on the proper selection, installation, and maintenance of landscape plant material for the Metroplex and beyond. Garrett also explains his organic approach, "The Natural Way", which gives gardeners greater success with lower costs and without the risks of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Regional - General - Nature | Plants - General - Gardening | Organic |
| Dewey: 635.987 |
| LCCN: 97034540 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 8.48" W x 10.98" (0.90 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Covering Texas and beyond, Plants of the Metroplex is the only Texas book available giving practical landscape advice from a landscape architect's point of view. Howard Garrett uses his years of experience as a gardener, landscape contractor, maintenance contractor, and landscape architect to give you clear-cut, money-saving advice on the proper selection, installation, and maintenance of landscape plant material for the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and beyond. Garrett also explains his organic approach, The Natural Way, which gives gardeners greater success with lower costs and without the risks of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. All of this information has been revised and updated from Garrett's popular Plants of the Metroplex III. J. Howard Garrett has converted several commercial projects to organic programs. They include Frito-Lay National Headquarters in Plano, Johnson and Johnson Medical in Arlington, and Collin County Community College in Plano. |
Contributor Bio(s): Garrett, John Howard: - A 1969 graduate of Texas Tech University, Garrett is currently a consultant on organic projects and products, host of "The Natural Way" radio gardening show on WBAP 820, and columnist for the Dallas Morning News. |