The Greenhouse Expert

D. G. Hessayon

New York, 1994 - Gardening - 128 pages

Whether you already own a greenhouse or you're thinking about buying or building one, here's the vital information in full color you need to get the most from your money, effort and time. "The Greenhouse Expert offers data on structure and equipment (including installation instructions on floors, gutters, doors, lighting, ventilators, blinds, shelving, insulation, glazing, and heating); greenhouse plants (a list covering 58 pages); and care (of both structure and plants). There is a chapter dealing with pests and diseases and a month-by-month calendar on when to do what."--"Booklist."

About the author

Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement 'Oscar' at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as 'Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s'. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Greenhouse Expert; Expert Series
• Author: D. G. Hessayon
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: New York, 1994
• ISBN: 0903505401, 9780903505406
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Gardening / Greenhouses; Gardening / House Plants & Indoor; Gardening / Techniques