Paperback, 135 pages
by Monica Moran Brandies
ISBN: 978-1893443099

Help is here! Even experienced gardeners who move to Florida need help in coping with their new landscape and garden. The climate, soil, plants, and pests are so different from those in other places that the old techniques won't always do the job. Neither will garden guides written for a northern climate. Here is a garden guide written just for Florida. This new edition is greatly expanded but has Monica's friendly and informative advice, just as it always did. Avoid mistakes and take a quick path to garden success!

Noted garden writer Monica Brandies cheerfully tells Florida gardener wannabes how to:

• Prepare for the move
• Avoid costly mistakes
• Evolve a great Florida landscape plan
• Adjust familiar garden chores to the Florida climate
• Make the perfect tree choices
• Decide which type of Florida grass to install
• Garden in an easy, environmentally friendly way
• Turn Florida sand into rich garden soil
• Use mulches and native plants to reduce labor and water
• Learn to recognize and use dramatic, colorful exotic plants
• Select the most appropriate shrubs and flowers for the site
• Grow your own fresh fruits and vegetables
• Grow plain or fancy plants in containers indoors and out
• Decorate your home, patio pool, and garden with amazing Florida plants