Pacific Northwest Month-By-Month Gardening: What to Do Each Month to Have a Beautiful Garden All Year - Paperback

by Christina Pfeiffer (Author), Mary Robson (With)

Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening is the definitive guide to successful gardening year-round in the Pacific Northwest -- states include Washington, Oregon, British Columbia (Canada), and Northern California.

Do you live in the Pacific Northwest? Do you care about landscaping and gardening? Say no more--we've got the perfect book for you! Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening takes the guesswork out of gardening for anyone living in the region (Northern California, Oregon, Washington, or British Columbia). This garden guide is full of critical gardening when-to's and how-to's, along with illustrated step-by-step instructions that will keep your garden thriving all year round.

Authors Christina Pfeiffer and Mary Robson are Pacific Northwest gardening experts. They know this cool, wet, vivacious region inside and out and have written extensively on the subject. Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening combines the shared knowledge of Pfeiffer and Robson in one easy-to-read guide.

Here, you will find brilliant Pacific Northwest garden photography and the most current growing information available. Complete with specific advice on growing:

• Gorgeous annual and perennial flowers
• Strong trees
• Flowing groundcover
• Flowering shrubs
• Verdant lawns

You won't find a better, more complete reference book for your region, so look no further!

Author Biography

Christina Pfeiffer is a horticulture consultant, instructor, and garden writer with over 30 years experience in landscape management and arboriculture. Sustainable and efficient landscape techniques are a special area of her interest and expertise. In addition to being a frequent horticultural speaker, Pfeiffer has taught courses in pruning, arboriculture, and landscape management at Edmonds and South Seattle Community Colleges, and at the University of Washington. She is a contributing writer and member of the Washington Park Arboretum Bulletin editorial board. Christina holds degrees in horticulture from Michigan State and the University of Washington and is an ISA Certified Arborist. She is co-author with Mary Robson of Month-by-Month Gardening in Washington & Oregon.

Mary Robson was a cooperative extension agent with Washington State University in Renton, Washington. She wrote The Practical Gardener column in The Seattle Times. Her weekly WSU Cooperative Extension garden column was featured in other local newspapers including the Tacoma News Tribune and the Everett Herald. Robson provided gardening information on the "Voice of the South Sound" KHHO, 850 AM in Tacoma. She is the co-author of Washington & Oregon Gardener's Guide and Month-by-Month Gardening in Washington & Oregon.