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DIGSeasonal gardeningby MEREDITH KIRTONFor more Gardening books click here New softcover book, first published 2003, this edition published 2010, 440 pages. Beautiful full-colour photography throughout the book. No matter how small, a garden offers great rewards. Each season brings fresh challenges and fresh pleasures. Visual delights, scents and edible treats all come from gardening. Whether carrying out basic chores, designing, planting or using flowers and produce from the garden in the home, this book will inspire gardeners and armchair gardeners alike. Dig: Seasonal Gardening is a rich source of innovation and inspiration, season by season, from the respected Australian garden designer, writer and broadcaster Meredith Kirton. This is an indispensable companion for both the novice and the experienced gardener. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs, it is packed full of down-to-earth advice and in-depth horticultural information. Meredith Kirton's passion for gardening shines out in this rich fund of fresh ideas and exciting new approaches to all aspects of cultivation and design. There are step-by-step guidelines for essential gardening techniques, checklists for each season and a range of projects. From grasses to citrus trees, from ground cover to climbers and from bulbs to herbs, this comprehensive how-to and when of gardening will inspire and inform. Dig: Seasonal Gardening is divided into seasons, then each season is divided into sections:
Meredith Kirton won Silver Laurel Award for Best General Gardening Book (2007-09) from the Horticultural Media Association for her most recent book, Harvest
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Meredith Kirton has been committed to gardening and horticulture for over 20 years. She has been gardening editor for Sunday Life in the Sun-Herald and Australia’s House and Garden, and contributed regularly to many of Australia’s best loved lifestyle magazines, including Better Homes and Gardens, ABC’s Gardening Australia, Home Beautiful and Inside Out. Meredith has also worked on top-rating television shows such as Groundforce, Burke’s Backyard and Home, and Gardening Australia. She regularly appears on ABC radio as a gardening expert. .
Meredith is the author of 4 bestselling gardening books - An Hour in the Garden, Dig, Plot and Harvest, which is also available - click here for more information