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Summary: Book Review: "Metro", February 1997 by J. Ryan
Review: "Gardening is an intimate art form - a time-honored method of creativity and personal love of beauty. Laara Duggan, a successful writer, artist and gardener has documented that philosophy to help hundreds of Eastern Iowans and Midwesterners enhance their own gardening experience. Duggan's book is itself a successful combination of art and information."
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Summary: Book Review: "The Gazette", June 1996 by Sue Davis Smith
Review: "Sizzling heat and numbing cold produce special challenges for Midwestern gardeners, says an Iowa State University Extension master gardener, writer, and designer. Iowa's weather extremes forced Laara Duggan to learn what plants worked in her Cedar Falls garden and what didn't. She wrote in journals and notebooks about no-fail flowers and flowers that attracted butterflies. When Duggan shared her gardening experiences with her writing group, members encouraged her to write a book. Duggan's book includes a bit of garden lore, an easy-to-follow chart for designing a colorful garden and tips for seasonal chores. The book includes research from gardens in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin."
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Summary: Brown thumb to green- brown yard to rainbow of colors
Review: After receiving this book as a gift, I felt obligated to try to turn my brown yard into at least a small spot of color. With the guidance and help from Laara's book, my drab fenceline is now lined with beautiful perennial flowers that are low maintenance and high color bringing joy to my family and the songbirds in the area. I even tried buying and growing a rose plant and this spring intend to plant more. The instructions about planting, mulchign and feeding the roses really made a difference. They were beautiful all summer. The book can even make a brown thumb like mine green.
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Summary: Black and White Illustrations
Review: Do you want a book with pictures of gardens you can emulate at home? Keep looking. This book has no pictures, only close-up black and white illustrations of flowers.
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Summary: My green thumb is back thanks to this great book!
Review: I recently cameto Southern Iowa and was struggling for what to plant in the Midwestern garden that had been left in a sad state of ruin by the former occupants. With my busy family, I needed something low maintenance but also wanted something really lovely to showcase my old Victorian home. Midwest Gardens is the perfect book- well written, beautiful photographs. I felt just like a good friend was leading me by the hand through my land showing me what to plant. I got the book last fall as a gift and followed all the suggestions. Now that spring is coming, my beautiful daffodils, crocus and other flowers are peeping up to be followed by the other flowers recommended. I was so happy with this book that I've decided to try my hand at vegetable gardens. I received that book, too and now that I have been successful wtih flowers, will try that advice and try to raise some great vegetables. Thank you for such a valuable resources.
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Summary: My green thumb is back thanks to this great book!
Review: I recently cameto Southern Iowa and was struggling for what to plant in the Midwestern garden that had been left in a sad state of ruin by the former occupants. With my busy family, I needed something low maintenance but also wanted something really lovely to showcase my old Victorian home. Midwest Gardens is the perfect book- well written, beautiful photographs. I felt just like a good friend was leading me by the hand through my land showing me what to plant. I got the book last fall as a gift and followed all the suggestions. Now that spring is coming, my beautiful daffodils, crocus and other flowers are peeping up to be followed by the other flowers recommended. I was so happy with this book that I've decided to try my hand at vegetable gardens. I received that book, too and now that I have been successful wtih flowers, will try that advice and try to raise some great vegetables. Thank you for such a valuable resources.
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Summary: Create the garden of your dreams!
Review: TABLE OF CONTENTSSection One: • Fundamentals • What's in a Name? • Garden Design and Planning • Color in the Garden • Low-Maintenance Garden Techniques • Adding Flowers to Your Garden Section Two: • Flowers in the Midwest - Early Spring - Spring - Summer - Late Summer - Autumn Section Three: • Charts, Lists, and Other Essentials • Flower-Growing Seasons by Month and Region • Flowers by Design Category A-P • Midwest Ground Covers • Midwest Gardens to Visit • Plant Directory
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Summary: What a fabulous book!
Review: This book is a wonderful tool for anyone with a garden. Its a radical new approach to an old concept. We even had fun coloring the illustrations to mach the flowers in our garden. Truly a joy.
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Summary: Take this reference guide with you when shopping for plants!
Review: This book was written from my personal gardening journals of what really grows and what doesn't in our regional gardens. Bulbs and perennials are grouped into the season in which they bloom, by size, and by color. As a certified master gardener and garden designer, I wrote this book because I couldn't buy it. Use this book as a practical, over-the-fence, down-and-dirty, money-saving reference guide when buying new flowering plants and adding new perennial gardens. Happy Gardening!
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