The Budget-Wise Gardener: With Hundreds of Money-Saving Buying & Design Tips for Planting the Best for Less by Mendez, Kerry Ann

A savvy garden pro shares little-known money-saving secrets and tricks of the garden center trade that consumers need to know to get good deals.

This book proves that you don't need mega bucks to have a beautiful garden. The secret is having savvy garden pro Kerry Mendez by your side. In The Budget-Wise Gardener, Mendez gives the inside scoop on nailing the best deals and having it all: selecting plants that give you the most bang for your buck, timing your purchases to take advantage of deep discounts and giveaways, finding treasures at plant, bulb and seed swaps - and much more. Her chapters take you from "How to Score Great Plants for Less...or for Free " and "Design Secrets that Save Money" to "Regal Containers on a Dollar-Store Budget." With luscious color photos on nearly every page, this is an essential guide to creating the garden of your dreams without breaking the bank.

Author: Kerry Ann Mendez
Publisher: St. Lynn's Press
Published: 02/01/2018
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.35h x 8.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781943366330

About the Author
Kerry Ann Mendez is the owner of Perennially Yours, a landscaping company focusing on the art of low-maintenance perennial gardening. Perennially Yours gardens have been featured in numerous garden and lifestyle magazines, newspapers, radio and television shows. Mendez's most recent book is The Right-Size Flower Garden (St. Lynn's 2015). A busy lecturer and teacher, each year she gives over 25 workshops and webinars, and 60-70 talks. She is the founder of the annual Great Gardens and Landscaping Symposiums at the Equinox Resort in Vermont, and recently hosted 6 national webinars for Horticulture magazine. www.pyours.com. She resides in Kennebunk, Maine.