Allan Haschick

Coastal Gardening in South Africa (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Most conventional gardening books assume that everyone experiences the same conditions in their garden, no matter where they live, but this is seldom the reality. Coastal Gardening in South Africa sets out to offer advice to gardeners who live in coastal suburbs, towns and villages, where strong winds, salt-laden air and, often, high humidity, can play havoc with your planting scheme. Many plants that grow happily on the Highveld, for example, or in the leafy suburbs, shrivel and die when exposed to wind-borne salt or harsh light reflected off the sea. But this does not mean that coastal gardens have to be bleak and boring; quite the contrary, in fact. The key is to understand your immediate environment and choose plants that will flourish in those conditions. Coastal Gardening in South Africa is a guide to creating a thriving garden, whether you live on the arid 'Weskus', subtropical KZN or anywhere inbetween.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781432303020
• Artikelnr.: 53221872

Autorenporträt

Allan Haschick holds a national diploma in Horticulture from Technikon Natal (now Durban University of Technology). He was assistant manager at Floradale Nursery and Garden Centre in Port Elizabeth for many years, before starting his own landscaping consultancy. Allan started writing for SA Garden in 1999 and, from 2002, joined the magazine's panel of experts who provide advice to readers. His first book, Coastal Gardening in South Africa, was published by Struik Lifestyle in 2014. He has written columns for the Eastern Cape Herald and Algoa Sun newspapers, contributed articles to the 'Life is a Garden' initiative of the SA Nurseryman's Association, and adapted several UK-published gardening books for South African conditions. In addition, he gives talks and lectures to garden clubs and groups throughout the Eastern Cape.