Note to our visitors. Some of the more extended reviews of the books contained here originally appeared in my magazine Traditional Gardening. The other, shorter reviews were written especially for this site, and we will be continually updating and expanding them. Please note that the opinions expressed herein are entirely my own, and my advance apologies to any of my fellow authors and their readers who may disagree with their content.
Michael Weishan

TITLES IN THE CATEGORY GARDENING TECHNIQUES & SPECIALIST GUIDES:

Michael's Rating	Title		Author
	BOTANY FOR GARDENERS		Brian Capon
	BREEDING ORNAMENTAL PLANTS		Dorothy Callway & M. Brett Callaway
	THE COMPLETE BOOK OF TOPIARY		Barbara Gallup and Deborah K. Reich
	ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AQUARIUM PLANTS		Peter Hiscock
	GLORIOUS FLOWERS: ARRANGING FOR EVERY OCCASION		Derek & Carolyn Fell
	THE LIVING WREATH		Teddy Colbert
	MAKING BENTWOOD TRELLISES, ARBORS, GATES & FENCES		Jim Long
	POMONA’S HARVEST: AN ILLUSTRATED CHRONICLE OF ANTIQUARIAN FRUIT LITERATURE		H. Frederic Janson
	THE PRUNING BOOK		Lee Reich
	QUICK AND EASY TOPIARY AND GREEN SCULPTURE		Jenny Hendy
	TOPIARY AND THE ART OF TRAINING PLANTS		David Joyce
	TOPIARY BASICS: THE ART OF SHAPING PLANTS IN GARDENS & CONTAINERS		Marguerita Lombardi and Cristiana Serra Zannetti
	TOPIARIES & ESPALIERS : PLUS OTHER DESIGNS FOR SHAPING PLANTS (TAYLOR'S WEEKEND GARDENING GUIDES)		Linda Yang

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