Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden; but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers walks you through the ins and outs of companion planting, from how it works to which plants go together and how to grow the best garden for your climate.
Alongside stunning garden photography, you'll also learn about:
Seed-starting, growing, and harvesting.
How to make garden flower bouquets, with "recipes" for various arrangements.
How to attract advantageous creatures to pollinate your garden and prey on its pests.
Pesticide-free pest-control measures
Composting heaps and bins
With the right information and some careful planning, you can help your plants thrive—and beautify your garden in the process.
Lisa Mason Ziegler is a commercial cut-flower farmer, author, frequent speaker, and renowned expert on cut-flower gardening. Lisa’s sustainable and organic experiences have been gathered from everyday life on her cut-flower farm nestled in the city of Newport News, Virginia.
Lisa sells her flowers to Colonial Williamsburg, florist, upscale grocery stores, and on the farm to Garden Share members. Her working one and half acre cutting gardens produce over 15,000 stems of flowers a week in season.
Lisa’s books, DVDs, and programs incorporate her simple methods that inspire and delight.
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