Designing Your Gardens and Landscape
First published in 1990 as Easy Garden Design, this
work has stood the test of time to remain in print and in demand in
a field where design books and fads come and go annually. Tens of
thousands of gardeners own it and have given the green thumbs up to
its step by step recipe for design. Janet developed the recipe, has
used it in designing hundreds of gardens and landscapes, and has
taught to thousands of others since. $20.00
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Caring for Perennials
A unique approach to tending a perennial bed, following Janet
from early spring to the end of the season in one big garden. It
covers all the things you might ever need to do in a garden, in the
seasons and sequence you are likely to encounter them. You learn
what she does, why, and exactly how plants look and behave
afterward. $20.00
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Janet and Steven Give You... magazines
Three choice, fully illustrated collections of Janet and
Steven's articles. Crafted piece by piece over ten years these are
insightful, practical, enthusiastic help for those who are
selecting, planting or caring for trees, designing or
renovating a landscape, and tending a garden. Janet and Steven
stuck with their no-repeat policy in working on these magazines --
the information is not a repetition of anything on this website,
but continues and expands on what's here. $25 for the set of
3.
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Janet and Steven Give You: Garden Care
Vital how-to for tending a garden, from Janet and Steven's
favorite articles that are not on this website: Bed
preparation; soil testing; making a weed-free bed; spring start-up;
improving hard-packed soil; fertilizing; watering; cutting back and
deadheading; repairing irrigation; drought-tolerant plants;
sharpening tools; tweaking in summer; staking; and the art of fall
garden clean up. Items in this collection made their debut in
Michigan Gardener magazine. Together now as the authors envisioned
at the beginning of their ten year project, ready join your library
in this more durable and comprehensive form. $10.
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Janet & Steven Give You: Landscape Ideas
The authors' favorite articles on landscape design and
renovation that are not on this website: Designing with
foliage color; covering up after the bulb season; doubling up
perennials for 3-season color; shady solutions; using usual plants
in unusual ways; designing hypo-allergenic gardens; Murphy's Laws
applied to gardens; renovation how-to; fragrant plants and designs;
attracting wildlife; rockwork; invasive plants; discovering a
site's hidden assets; using herbs in a landscape; and how to cheat
to improve a garden quickly. These articles appeared first in
Michigan Gardener magazine individually between 1999 and 2011. Now
they're collected under one cover for your design library.
$10.
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Janet & Steven Give You: Trees
A choice collection of Janet and Steven's advice for tree
selection, planting and care. Each article made its debut in
Michigan Gardener magazine and has been on hold since, awaiting
completion of its fellows until this comprehensive compilation
became possible. These articles are not on this website.
Topics include: Selecting trees; fall color; what's happening to
ash trees; replacing a big tree; descriptions, lists and photos of
great trees; why starting small is a good idea when planting;
planting how-to, why's and why not's; staking, watering and
fertilizing; mulching; rescuing a tree from the lawn; preventing
construction damage; pruning to keep trees and shrubs small;
removing suckers; detecting girdling roots; and dealing with maple
tar spot and lecanium scale. $10.
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Asking About Asters CD
A digital library of six years of Janet's work: weekly columns,
newsletters and over 200 extra Q&A letters to individual
gardeners. 1,681 questions answered about soil preparation,
fertilizing, pruning, design, choosing plants, foiling bugs and
much more. These articles are not available on this website. No
repeated topics. Fully indexed; the entire collection can be
searched from one index. $20.
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Potting Up Perennials CD
Practical, beautiful answers about perennials and all kinds of
flowers, trees, shrubs, design, pruning and much more is in this
collection of 2009 & 2011's What's Coming Up weekly
ensembles. These articles are not available on this website.
Includes 101 issues with over 1,700 pages, 1,600 articles and 2,400
images. Has a comprehensive index with how-to guide so you can
search for any topic or detail in any of the 101 issues. Bonus on
this CD: Steven Nikkila's Daydream Screen Saver, 74 of his most
vivid works from gardens and nature . $15.
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