Gardening for Canadians for Dummies

by Liz Primeau

Series:for Dummies Home and Garden, for Dummies

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Includes updated hardiness zone map, colour photos, and more! Your green-thumb guide to gardening in Canada. Brimming with suggestions for hardy perennials and stunning annuals, plus the real scoop on bulbs, Gardening For Canadians For Dummies, 2nd Edition, is the ideal resource for every Canadian gardener. This friendly guide, complete with over a hundred illustrations, a garden planner, and a section on art in your garden, will show you how to roll up your sleeves and make the garden of show more your dreams a reality. show less

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Liz Primeau

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Liz Primeau is the author of My Natural History and the bestselling Front Yard Gardens. She is also the founding editor of Canadian Gardening magazine and gives talks about gardening across North America. She lives in Mississauga, Ontario.