The Cape Cod Garden: A Master Gordener's Handbook for Successful Planting

by C.L. Fornari

Book Overview

This is the revised and updated version of The Cape Cod Garden. Since it was originally published in 1996, this book has been the definitive guide to gardening in the coastal regions of Southeast... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 094016065X
• ISBN13: 9780940160651
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Parnassus Press (IL)
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

a cape gardener's read

I bought this for a friend who lives on the Cape. It is a great book for that specific location. There is good information on evasive species in the area and how to combat specific weeds found there, as well as what plants will be most successful in cape conditions. For more detailed plant information... or quick reference I would have other books on hand, though this is an important book to use in planing your cape cod garden!

Cape Cod Gardenting

This is a very user friendly book. Good for quick reference and for the beginner.

Cape Cod Garden Lady

...when I started reading this I felt vindicated! Many of the things that C.L. talks about are unique to the Cape and Eastern Massachusetts gardening, (i.e. late Springs, high ocean winds, temporate zones, sandy soil, etc) and the book discusses how to deal with them. She writes very practically about these issues in a nice Q & A format.

Seaside and cape gardeners will find practical information.

Cape Cod gardeners from beginners to experienced respect this book. But it may be useful to any gardener with Cape-like growing conditions. The question and answer format is easy to use thanks to a good index and chapter divisions. The biggest drawback is shortage of drawings and no pictures. Plant lists organized by need (for example,Seaside ground covers, Low maintenance shrubs) would be useful for gardeners in similar environments to the Cape.