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The 2012 edition features Trees with Guest Editor Rick Durand. Currently the Project Leader of the Western Nursery Growers’ Group tree trials and Research Coordinator for the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association, Durand brings his wealth of experience to this exceptional digest-sized annual designed to inform and inspire gardeners.
Trees play a major role in enhancing our communities but are under siege from environmental stresses, the threat of new pests, and rapid urban development. The 2012 edition of The Prairie Garden will prove to be an indispensable resource. Articles are written by knowledgeable contributors including horticulturalists, plant breeders, researchers and gardening enthusiasts. Included are tips and expert advice on caring for trees, hardy new introductions, general interest articles and stunning full-color photos throughout.
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The 2012 Guest Editorial by Rick Durand
Trees have become a best friend to me. I enjoy their presence and I feel their struggle to withstand the assault incited by Mother Nature and mankind. I celebrate with them in their moments of glory during spring flowering and autumn display, and I lament the passing of another growing season when winter approaches. Trees showcase the coming of spring and its hope and potential to bring prosperity. Trees ground me and make me feel part of the organic world that is dynamic and uncompromising. Trees support a clean environment and make it livable and beautiful. Trees have the ability to change a desert into an oasis, transform urban sprawl into a vibrant community and help maintain the precious soil for human existence. This edition on trees is to enlighten and remind the reader that trees, much like a best friend, create a world of magnificence around them. more...
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