Flowerpots: A Seasonal Guide to Planting, Designing, and Displaying Pots

By Jim Keeling

Book Overview

A both a potter and gardener, author Jim Keeling combines practical horticultural skills with a visual appreciation--not only of the plants but of the pots themselves.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570762732
• ISBN13: 9781570762734
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.8" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

About clay pots and their contents......

FLOWERPOTS `A seasonal guide to planting, designing and displaying pots' by potter and British author Jim Keeling discusses the many facets of pot design, production and use. Keeling includes text and photos describing the phases of pot production at his facility at Whichford, England 1) as the preparation of the various materials - local clay and clays from the Thames Valley and Staffordshire; 2) molding and shaping techniques using the potter's wheel and other pot formation techniques; 3) the eventual destinies of many kinds of pots from those used to hold small seedlings in greenhouses, to large clay pots suitable for a wonderful display of blooming apple trees, to works of art composed of clay pots of various sizes or assembled into garden sculpture or an arrangement of containers filled with colorful plants. The photography in Keeling's book is beautiful with many up-close shots as well as a few `ebullient' photos from displays at the annual Chelsea affair showing lovely and colorful flower arrangements sure to peak your interest and inspire you. Keeling discusses the life of pots as containers relative to weather conditions, not only addressing adjustments to the swings in hot and cold temperatures associated with the seasons as we have traditionally known them, but picturing the gardeners life as she adjusts to effects of the of secular trend known as Global Warming. If you want to understand more about the possibilities of clay pots as containers and works of art, begin here.

Offers a seasonal approach to pots

Jim Keeling's Flowerpots isn't just another general guide to flowerpot planting: it offers a seasonal approach to pots, is seasonally arranged, and tells how to structure pots for all four seasons. Advice on pruning, feeding and container pros and cons is based on Jim Keeling's personal English-style cottage gardens and is illustrated with lovely color photos by Andrew Lawson.