A book about planting stuff. I am officially an 80 year old woman. I even asked about joining the garden club in town when I checked this book out. The woman said "oh they need young members like you" so I asked when the meetings were. Tuesday mornings at 10am. How do they expect any young people to join if the meetings are in the middle of the work day?


SorrY about the target. This book had a lot of information, and good pictures so you know what plants look like.

I stole this book from my mother, who is also very partial to it. I find it a little too oriented to East Coast gardening, which is also arguably fair, given Druse's location, but it does limit its applicability to me to some degree. On the other hand, he's very knowledgeable about North American native plants generally, and the specific details on plants is quite good. The book also gives fairly good detail on what's in the gorgeous photos, but there are one or two gardens photographed here without as much description in their details as I would like. So...very beautiful, definitely glad to have read it, but depending on your practical needs, not a 5-star experience for everyone.