Clippings from Orene's Garden: A Sourthern Gardener's Year

By Orene Horton

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1929175353
• ISBN13: 9781929175352
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Cote Literary Group
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A GREAT REFERENCE

Orene Horton's wise advice works for beginners and experts alike. She obviously loved her gardening and sharing that feeling with others. This is a book that can be read straight through and then kept as a continuing reference.

Orene's Garden

It's March and I just finished the April section of Clippings from Orene's Garden. I am astounded at the wealth of information!The flowering trees and shrubs and vines that are available for the South Carolina yard are described in color, foliage, and scent and include the names both local and Latin.There is practical advice on perennials and annuals: where to plant them; how to prepare the soil; how to show them off in containers or beds, in masses for traffic-stopping color, or even between rows in a vegetable garden.Perhaps the biggest delight for me was the section on tomatoes. The directions and suggestions here have given me the courage to try (after I find some sun in my much-shaded yard.) I was interested to read her sister Betty's method and am already thinking of people who might let me "raid" their pastures.This is a fabulous book, and Orene was a gardener of rare ability and generosity. For years to come this book will inspire us to plan and dream and then rush to our nearest garden center.

A lovely lady writes a beautiful book

The serinity of a master gardner comes through loud and strong. Orene truly made things beautiful in a not so beautiful world. For that, we gardners will always be grateful for her insight, dedication and knowledge.

Practical Advice Conveyed in a Friendly Voice

Until I read Orene Horton's book, I'd had been stumped with what to do with a yard I'd inherited - foundation plantings of azaleas that are beautiful for two weeks, then green as green can be for the rest of the year. This book told me what plants I should consider as replacements for some of the azaleas - plants that will enable me to enjoy color around my house through many, many months of the year. What's more, Mrs. Horton made me feel confident, for the first time ever, that I can go to a garden center armed with the information I need to pick the right plants (having first checked out the soil conditions with the aid of an Extension Service soil sample analysis). She's like the neighbor I've never been lucky enough to have - she knows what she's talking about, but she never seems to be talking down to me. And the chapter about decorating your home for the holidays with items from your own garden is something I'm going to keep in mind when I make that trip to the garden center to replace those azaleas. I'm recommending this book to all my friends who want to tackle the problems they have with the yards they inherited when they moved in.

Practical, informative, and so fun to read!

This book offers tons of practical, down to earth advice about almost every aspect of gardening in the Southern United States without the weighty feel of reading an encyclopedia. The warm, flowing and conversational writing style gives fresh life to the abundant detail about specific plant varieties, cultural conditions, and plant combinations. There were so many topics addressed and all offer experienced advice and insight for a gardener's future success.I would recommend "Clippings" to anyone who wants a fun read about gardening in the South without giving up the content and substance. It is a book that will give you new gardening hope and leave you with a smile and a warm feeling inside.