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& So When you . & Choose to improve, I 2 â€" call cx $ 896â€"6000 § I i ReplaceSA11} Serving Kâ€"W Area Since 1972 weo Gardening without chemicals, both pesticides and fertilizers, is fast becoming a local trend. There are several books to help you pursue "‘true‘ greenâ€" ness. How to Get Your Lawn Off Drugs and Worms Eat My Garbage are two to start with. Rodale Press nas been a leader in the field of organic gardening for many years. Their newest reference book is the IMlustrated Encyclopedia of Gardening & Landâ€" scaping Techniques. The Rodale Guide to Comâ€" posting and Let It Rot! (from Storey Communicaâ€" tons) will help you with your pile of garden and kitchen waste. Harrowsmith magazine has been busy publishing gardening books too. Their Northâ€" ern Gardener was followed by a series on Canadian perennials, herbs and annuals, and also a series on ground covers, rock gardens, etc. The latter category was initiated in 1989 with In a Canadian Garden written by Nicole Eaton and Hilary Weston, with photos by Freeman Patterson. The gardens chosen range from Victoria, B.C. to the Bruce Peninsula to Quebec and the Maritimes. it was published by Penguin/Viking, which followed the next year with A Greener Thumb â€" the Complete Guide to Gardening in Canada. Likewise n ‘argeâ€"format with gorgeous pictures, the text is by Mark Cullen of Weal & Cullen Nurseries. All aspects ‘rom layout and preparation to choosing and caring for flowers, shrubs and fruit trees are covered Marjorie Harris is the most prolific gardening author in Canada. Her coffeeâ€"table entry is The Canadian Gardener from Random House. Her zoncern for the environment, not just the backyard, s found in two new titles: Ecological Gardening, aiso from Random House, and Better House and Planet, 500 tips for efficient and environmentallyâ€" smart housekeeping published by Key Porter The glossy green book covers splashed with bright floral tones will inspire you. But how come my garden never looks like that? ‘ Up until recently it was because the flashiest gardening books came from England or the more temperate American zones. But publishers have been busy finding and photographing examples of gardening genius in the Canadian setting. The best of garden writing (a genre in its own right) still comes from those with a yearâ€"round growing season, but howâ€"to and cofâ€" feeâ€"table picture books can definitely originate here. The long weekend cometh, and for gardeners that means the annual trek to the nursery to load up on bedding plants. This is followed by several hours preparing beds and setting out the annuals, with fingers crossed against a late frost. But if you‘re tired of the same old petunias and impatiens why not checkSout the gardening books at your local library, bookstore or gardening centre? And if you re like me, you wish you got creative about planning this year‘s garden back in February when you could‘ve started seeds indoors! PAGE EZ8 â€" ENTERTAINMENT ZONE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15. 1991 Building Products / Kitchen Refacing Systems / Custom Windows and Doors / Designer Vinyl Panelling / Vinyl Outdoor Flooring / Florida Rooms & Roots / Foundation Refacing Help for gardeners The first six people at the party before 9:30 p at Phils Grandsons Place, Waterloo Thursdavy. Mav ~â€"8sTRANGE DA Y S Chuck Erion is a Waterloo bookseller and freeâ€" lance writer. To find a resting place about half way up, somewhere to stop and dream and read, or perhaps eat lunch, is an enjoyment no child should be denied â€" and I am tempted to say, no adult either. When I spot a tree house on someone‘s property, | know civilized people live here, people whose idea of happiness goes beyond the provision of color TV. At the very least, they have made the gift of privacy and independence to a child; if the child rejects thase, he is past saving. I hope your garden, if not your tree house, is a similar place of refuge and reading this summer. Finally I recommend Green Thoughts: a Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perenyi. It is also a collection of essays, by a gardener with experience on both sides of the Atlantic, arranged alphabeticalâ€" ly, so that Tree Houses comes between Tomatoes and Tulips. Here is a sample from the Tree House chapter; seeds, that tomatoes can taste like more than red cardboard, scores a deeper satisfaction than many an indoor pursuit ! Lo erante . . . refer only to the mundane. What we shape and do in gardening is an expression of our individuality and our shared culture. Our efforts find a balance between wildness and cultivation. Our secret joy that real carrots do actually grow from those tiny And once the seedin‘s all done, here are a few titles to enjoy in the midst of all that greenery. MIT Press has just released a book on the philosophy of gardening entitled The Meaning of Gardens. A collection of essays, edited by Mark Francis and Randoiph Hester, it is organized around six metaâ€" phors or muses: faith, power, ordering, cultural expression, personal expression and healing. The basic premise that gardens reveal the relationship between culture and nature is explored, with new insight into the significance of the commonplace. No longer can the phrase ‘‘common, gardenâ€"variety If you‘re tired of trying to cultivate the perfect lawn, help is at hand to try raising wildflowers and ground covers. 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