A Woman's Hardy Garden

By Helena Rutherfurd Ely

Book Overview

"A Woman's Hardy Garden" by Helena Rutherfurd Ely offers a timeless guide to cultivating beautiful and resilient gardens. Focused on perennials, this classic work provides practical advice and inspiration for home gardeners. Explore the essentials of planting, garden design, and the selection of hardy flowers.

Ely's expertise shines through in her detailed instructions and insightful observations, making this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in creating a thriving garden filled with lasting beauty. Discover the joys of cultivating your own flowers and learn the secrets to a successful perennial garden. A perfect resource for any home gardener interested in adding to their knowledge. This edition meticulously reproduces the original text for a truly authentic experience.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1023202395
• ISBN13: 9781023202398
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Anson Street Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book, and a wonderful resource

This wonderful book is rightly considered a classic among gardening books. Though it was originally published in 1903, it is still a marvelous resource for the modern gardener. The book starts out with gardening basics, such as soil preparation (the beginning of any garden), laying out the garden, seeds-beds, and planting. Then, the author begins her examination of the flowers that were popular in her time, covering annuals and perennials, and the moving into biennials, roses, lilies, and bulbs. At the end, she turns back to the practical, with a discussion about water for the garden, walkways and other decorations, and finally insecticides (OK, this is rather out-of-date) and tools. The conclusion is also worth reading, containing Ms. Ely's thoughts and several interesting garden diagrams.This is an excellent book, and a wonderful resource. It puts so much knowledge together is a readable and interesting format. I highly recommend this book to you. [As a companion to this book, please let me recommend An Island Garden by Celia Thaxter.]