The Victory Garden Landscape Guide

by Thomas Wirth

Explains the fundamental concepts of landscape design, gives advice on selecting, using, and caring for trees, shrubs, and ground covers, and discusses walks, driveways, decks, walls, and fences

Genres: Gardening

360 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Kelly M · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book for the nostalgia factor, remembering Tom Wirth as a landscape architect on This Old House in the 80s. It is a well written, informative book that still mostly holds up today, at least for the average home landscaper.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Victory Garden Landscape Guide by Thomas Wirth (Little, Brown 1984) (635.9). From the creators of “Crockett's Victory Garden,” here is a landscape guide for gardeners wishing to get the highest and best possible use of their personal gardening space. My rating: 7/10, finished 1987.