Florida Gardener's Handbook - by Tom Maccubbin & Georgia Tasker (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Techniques and advice for gardening in Florida, from the Panhandle to the Keys, with full-color photography for more than 300 plants.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Florida Gardener's Handbook</i> has more than 300 proven plants, including tropical choices. Helpful icons highlight plant benefits and sun and shade requirements. Twelve months of when-to advice for each plant category help Florida gardeners keep their gardens growing. The authors address the challenges of Florida gardening with tropical and saltwater gardening information and garden how-tos for planting, pruning, watering, and much more. Full-color images for each plant and helpful illustrations and charts make this an easy-to-use resource for all Florida gardeners. This resource guide provides all the need-to-know information for Florida gardeners from leading Florida gardening experts.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><P> Tom MacCubbin and Georgia B. Tasker, with expert gardeners Robert Bowden and Joe Lamp'l, have combined years of gardening expertise into the best resource for the Sunshine State. Whether you live in Pensacola or Key West, or anywhere in between, the "Florida Gardener's Handbook" is the must-have guide for your Florida gardening success. "Florida Gardener's Handbook features: "- Eleven popular plant categories, from annuals to vines- Chapters on edible gardening including citrus, fruits, nuts, and vegetables- Extensive selection of beautiful tropical plants- Twelve months of around-the-garden advice for each of the plant categories- Information on sustainable and environmentally sound gardening practices With input from the most authoritative gardeners in Florida, we have compiled a complete garden<BR> reference to answer any question and inspire your planting pursuits. Happy Gardening!<P><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Tom MacCubbin</b>, writer of the Plant Doctor column for the <i>Orlando Sentinel</i>, has been helping gardeners throughout Florida for over 40 years. He is the television co-host of <i>Central Florida Gardening</i>, gardening consultant for Central Florida News 13, and 25-year co-host of the <i>Better Lawns and Gardens</i> radio broadcast across 24 Florida stations with his wife, Joani. With Cool Springs Press, MacCubbin is the author of <i>Month-by-Month Gardening in Florida</i> (2006) and <i>Florida Month-by-Month Gardening</i> (2014), and is co-author of <i>Florida Gardener's Handbook</i> (2012) and <i>Florida Getting Started Garden Guide</i> (2013). He graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in horticulture and is currently an extension agent emeritus with a full professor equivalent at the University of Florida. <i>Better Lawns & Gardens</i>: betterlawns.com/newhome.asp</p></p><p> Tom MacCubbin (Orlando, FL) is known to gardeners in Florida through his radio and television programs and as a garden columnist for The Orlando Sentinel.www.betterlawns.com Georgia Tasker (Miami, FL) has been a garden writer for the Miami Herald for more than 20 years.www.fairchildgarden.org </p><p>Expert gardener and horticulturalist <b>Robert Bowden</b> is the executive director of Orlando's beautiful Harry P. Leu Botanical Gardens. He is a frequent guest on local and national television shows for gardeners. He travels extensively in the United States and Caribbean talking about growing vegetables, perennials, tropical and sub-tropical plants, and flowering vines, trees, and shrubs.</p><p><b>Joe Lamp'l</b> (aka joe gardener(R)) is one of the country's most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and green living. With an academic background in horticulture and over 30 years of real-world growing experience, Joe was the host of <i>Fresh from the Garden</i> on the DIY Network, where he taught viewers how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest, with each of 50+ episodes dedicated to an entirely new crop. Currently, he is the creator and Emmy-winning host of public television's<i> Growing a Greener World</i>, which has aired for 12 seasons (200 episodes) and is still going strong. The program airs in 96% of the US and in numerous countries.</p><p>Joe has been an on-air contributor for NBC's <i>The Today Show</i>, ABC's <i>Good Morning America</i>, and The Weather Channel. His podcast, <i>The joe gardener(R) Show</i>, is the #1 most-listened-to gardening podcast in the country. His conversations with professionals, book authors, plant breeders, and others in the green industry and gardening world are downloaded by millions of listeners every year.</p><p>As the founder and "Joe" behind the successful brand joegardener.com and the Online Gardening Academy(TM) he has created an ever-growing network of resources dedicated to all things gardening. His videos and blog posts are viewed by hundreds of thousands each and every month, and his comprehensive online courses encourage and inspire a growing number of students to become better gardeners in their own backyards. Joe and his family live on a small farm just north of Atlanta, Georgia.</p>
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