Science and the Garden is unique in explaining in straightforward terms some of the science that underlies these practices.

Science and the Garden is wide-ranging and comprehensive and includes:

• the basic structure and functioning of garden plants
• nomenclature
• genetics and plant breeding
• soil management
• environmental factors affecting growth
• methods of propagation and production
• pest and disease control
• post harvest management and storage
• conservation and sustainable horticulture

Contents

1. Diversity in the Plant World
2. Know your Plant: Structure and Function
3. Reproduction: Securing the Future
4. Naming Plants
5. Selecting and Breeding Plants
6. Soils and Roots
7. Soil Cultivation and Fertility
8. The Plant’s Environment: Light and Water
9. Raising Plants from Seed
10. Propagating Plants Vegetatively
11. Shape and Size
12. Colour, Scent and Sound in the Garden
13. Climate, Weather and Seasonal Effects
14. Gardening in the Greenhouse
15. The Diversity of Undesirables
16. Controlling the Undesirables
17. Maturation, Ripening and Storage
18. Conservation and Sustainable Gardening
19. Gardens and the Natural World
20. Gardens for Science

Index

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