The somewhat provocative title could be misunderstood at first. It's not about the easy-going or lazy people that this book aims to teach about how to keep their gardens tidy. The author rather describes how, with a bit of intelligence and a little knowledge of allotment and NATURAL gardening, the work between beds, fruit trees, garden pond and greenhouse does not get too much out of hand and the yields are still plentiful.
"Best of - The Garden for Intelligent Lazy People" teaches how to grow colorfully and effectively
The "Best of" version of the guide series, which has been firmly established on the market for over 15 years, is not at all suitable for perfectionists who are only concerned with aligning their daisies and bluebells neatly in "line and file" or who hyperventilate immediately if they find a vole between discover her climbing roses, meticulously trimmed to 1.50 meters.
Karl Ploberger, THE organic gardener from Austria, started gardening at the tender age of six and inspires his readers to skillful, clever disorder based on the model of a combination of cottage garden and flower meadow. Nevertheless, the reader learns right from the first pages that planning is everything, even for a natural garden that is not necessarily low-maintenance. The 272 pages (print edition) of the book from Cadmos Verlag, which will be published in March 2022, are all about natural garden design. Countless practical ideas for planting intercropping are given to the reader after learning how gentle tillage can even reach the end of digging.
You are not holding a gardening book of the traditional kind in your hands, which is based on a scientific table of contents that is organized according to all botanical rules. It's more of a magazine that encourages readers to dog-ear the information and passages that are particularly useful to them, or even better, to put notes on the most important pages so that they can pick them up again and again when needed. Whether it's the "7 steps to a slightly different garden" or Ploberger's message "Mixed colors… is half the job" - it quickly becomes apparent in chapters of this type that a convinced practitioner "speaks". He encourages reflection and rethinking, does not patronize and takes his readers by the hand in a sympathetic way in order to garden with nature and not against it. Ten interesting chapters, each with basic knowledge, successful photos (and graphics), many practical tips on first aid and readers' questions make "Best of - The garden for intelligent lazy people" an informative guide in which even seasoned amateur gardeners can find many valuable and easy-to-implement suggestions received firsthand.