Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition

All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Mid-Atlantic Garden

by Katie Elzer-Peters

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Pub Date Mar 15 2022 | Archive Date Mar 15 2022

Quarto Publishing Group – Cool Springs Press | Cool Springs Press

Home & Garden

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Description

In this revised and updated 2nd edition of Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook, gardeners in the mid-Atlantic states are handed all the know-how they’ll need to grow a lush, productive garden.

If you live in Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington DC, Virginia, or West Virginia, the environmentally sound growing info for both edible and ornamental plants found here is your green thumb map to success:

Profiles of more than 250 plants proven to thrive in the mid-Atlantic’s climate, including shrubs, perennials, annuals, vegetables, fruits, herbs, vines, and more, you’ll be able to select the best plants to create a beautiful landscape or a high-yielding edible garden.
Helpful information highlights sun and shade requirements and offers clear and concise plant variety information.
Month-by-month care and cultivation guides are offered for each plant group, guiding your journey—even if you’re a first-time mid-Atlantic gardener.
Author Katie Elzer-Peters addresses the many challenges of growing in the mid-Atlantic, including a changing climate and unique soil and pest troubles.
The how-to methods for planting, pruning, watering, fertilizing, and much more are rich with information essential to those in the region.

This comprehensive and extensive guide is the best resource for growing in the mid-Atlantic states. Whether you live in Pittsburgh, Richmond, Baltimore, NYC, or somewhere in between, Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook has you covered.

Mid-Atlantic Gardener’s Handbook is part of the Gardener’s Handbook series from Cool Springs Press. Other books in the series include Florida Gardener’s Handbook, Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, Northwest Gardener’s Handbook, and many others.

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EDITION	Other Format
ISBN	9780760372685
PRICE	$26.99 (USD)
PAGES	240

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Reviewer 677700

Thank you to the publisher, NetGalley, and author for a copy of this book in exchange for honest feedback. I am approaching this book as a beginner gardener with a general knowledge of the practices and skills needed to maintain a garden space. I am not in the Mid-Atlantic area, but I am still approaching this book with hoping to gain some knowledge and to gauge to accessibility of the content.

The book is separated into sections that are: 1) annuals, 2) bulbs, 3) perennials & ornamental grasses, 4) groundcovers, 5) shrubs, 6) trees, 7) turfgrasses, 8) veg and herbs, 9) vines.

The content is straight forward. Lots of details, but clear and necessary / helpful information. Lots of high quality photographs. The plant profiles were my favorite part of this book, I'd find this sort of collection helpful for identifying plants & to know their needs all together in one spot. It also helps to give ideas on creating projects because you have all the information front and center.

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Account D, Reviewer

This book is so full of information, I cannot wait to put it to good use. As someone who just loves to a home with space to garden in PA, I’m definitely going to be using this book as my helped along the way.

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Annie B, Reviewer

Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Handbook, 2nd Edition is a reformatted and updated 2nd edition of the region specific gardening guide by Katie Elzer-Peters. Originally released in 2013, this edition is due out in March 2022 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint. It's 240 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

This is an accessibly written information dense regional gardening guide specifically aimed at gardeners in the mid-Atlantic areas of the USA: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and environs. The information is arranged in a logical manner with chapters arranged thematically. An introduction covers the benefits and challenges gardeners living in these areas experience is followed by: annuals, bulbs, groundcovers, perennials, shrubs (& trees), grasses, and vegetables & herbs. The chapters are thorough and contain solid recommendations with both specific cultivars as well as general seasonal task lists for each chapter. Cultivars are referred to by botanical (Latin) nomenclature as well as common name to facilitate sourcing and reduce mistaken IDs.

The book is -full- of full color photographs for inspiration and clarity. The book includes a glossary of terms and cross referenced index.

Four stars. This would be a good choice for public and school libraries, gardening groups, community/allotment gardens, suburban gardeners, homeowners, etc. There's a similarity of format and presentation between all the books in this series which makes them easy to use and reference no matter where readers are gardening.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.