Books
Kerry Ann Mendez has written four gardening books:
- The Right Size Flower Garden- To Be Released February 2015
- The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists published in March 2011
- Top Tens for Beautiful Shade Gardens released in March 2011
- The Smart Plant Shopper’s Top Ten Lists for Exceptional Perennials, Shrubs, Annuals and
- More for Zones 3 – 7 published in January 2012.
Hardcover and softcover books may be purchased for a special price by credit card or check. The ebook can be ordered from Amazon.com, Google and Barnes & Noble.
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The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices
The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists
70 Garden-Transforming Lists, Money Saving Shortcuts, Design Tips & Smart Plant Picks for Zones 3 through 7 features 70 lists and strategies for growing gorgeous, low-maintenance gardens. The book features hundreds of powerhouse perennials, flowering shrubs and annuals; proven design tips for a range of conditions; a monthly garden calendar; organic practices; an insider’s tips on saving money; and garden care shortcuts. A wealth of practical information is delivered in a fun, inspiring manner by a garden designer and teacher of thousands, me. For a the top ten theme lists and chapters, click here. 260 pages, 51 color photographs, soft cover. Cover price $23.95. You may also purchase a signed book from Perennially Yours for a special price of only $26, including shipping!
Garden writer Kerry Ann Mendez provides valuable information in this work, based on her experiences growing perennials and serving as a garden consultant in the northeastern United States. In the introduction, she reminds the reader of the importance of evaluating the specific environment for plantings before their selection. She then reviews her favorite plants for various purposes, sites, flower, and foliage. The reader will appreciate her special tips on garden design and care, as well as strategies for dealing with garden pests. On the practical side, there is a listing of useful money-saving gardening suggestions, which include buying from mail-order companies.— Marilyn K. Alaimo, garden writer and volunteer, Chicago Botanic Garden.
Kerry Ann Mendez is a creative horticultural educator who has taken a fresh approach to writing a gardening book. The how-to has been broken down into 70 essential topics, each with its own dedicated list of top ten ideas to guide the gardener to success. Many of the topics are particular to specific gardening challenges, so that readers may hone in only on those issues that are relevant to their own gardening environment… Novices are sometimes overwhelmed by the wealth of horticultural information that they think they need in order to get started. Not anymore! This book encapsulates all of that knowledge, summarizes the essentials and removes the stress of the unknown. Owning this book is the next best thing to hiring a garden coach. Allan Becker Garden Guru, Montreal. For more on Allan’s review, click here.
Top Ten Lists for Beautiful Shade Gardens: Seeing Your Way Out of the Dark
52 Garden-Transforming Lists for Smart Plant Picks, Design Tips, and Garden Care Shortcuts. Cool, soothing, lush shade gardens. They’re magical. Unfortunately achieving these can be frustrating and elusive for many. Not any more. With the same straight-forward, cut-to-the-chase manner that I wrote my first book, I penned this illuminating reference containing 52 top ten lists ranging from perennials, annuals, flowering shrubs, evergreens, ornamental grasses, bulbs and more that dance in the shade. 190 pages, 55 color photographs, soft cover. Cover price $21.95. You may also purchase a signed book from Perennially Yours for a special price of only $24, including shipping! The Smart Plant Shopper’s Top Ten Lists for Exceptional Perennials, Shrubs, Annuals and More for Zones 3 – 7
This e-book is designed to be a one-of-a-kind shopping tool for picking no-fuss winners at garden centers. It provides 120 different color plant images along with in-depth information about each plant. Both sun and shade plants are covered. Twenty-six lists feature perennials, flowering shrubs, bulbs, climbing vines, groundcovers, annuals and more. Many lists are updated from those in my first book, The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists.
The ebook sells for $5.99 and can be purchased from Amazon.com, Google and Barnes & Noble.
Here are some testimonials about my books:
“I am literally “sleeping” with your books which are currently adorned with post-its!!! So much super information …. presented with tremendous insight and lots of chuckles!!!” Janice
“Kerry’s passion for gardening is infectious and she communicates her hands-in-the-soil knowledge in a way that makes it easy for others to join in the fun. This book, from one of the great horticultural educators in North America today, has been long awaited.” – Paul Tukey, author of the best selling The Organic Lawn Care Manual and the 2006 American Horticultural Society Gardening Communicator of the Year.
“Whether you’ve been growing perennials for years or are just getting started, Kerry has helpful tips and techniques you can use.” – Jim Childs, Associate Editor, Garden Gate Magazine
“What Julia Childs did for French cooking, Kerry Mendez does for gardening! Making it easy and possible for all to have wonderful gardens despite our individual time constrains and skill levels. Your book shows the how’s, what’s, and when’s of it all. Fabulous!” – Margaret, home garden hobbyist
“It tops my list for perennial recommendations in an affordable and easy to use book….. People still buy Tracy di Sabato Aust’s large book but many won’t pay that price and yours is in first place in the category. – Sally, Lockwood’s Garden Center
“Kerry is a garden designer and perennial specialist with whom I have often worked and who I admire and respect deeply for her superior garden abilities. I highly recommend this book.” – Keith Davitt, international garden designer, lecturer and author
“LOVE the book! Need another copy for a friend’s birthday. Thank you SO much for answering so many of my newbie gardener questions … there is hope for my garden after all!” – Marge
“I sent my niece and nephew and great-niece the copies of your books I picked up on Saturday. I wrote each one of them a note about how useful I have found this book to be and how great you are and how fortunate I am to live so close to you that I can use what you have to offer for perennial gardening. As I wrote them notes I decided I should write my own book about how great you are and how much your information has meant to me. I could start with “Ten things I have learned from Kerry Mendez” and then go on to “Ten ways Kerry has helped me with my gardening”. Followed by “Ten Reasons why I wish I had this book ten years ago”. And on and on ending with “Ten reasons I really like Kerry”. I never thought about writing a book but I think this has all kind of possibilities!” – Linda
“I started your book “awesome” its the best plant bookever! Very easy to understand…I can’t put it down…thanks” – Michael
“I recently attended your talk at Crandall Library, and purchased your book The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Top Ten Lists. I have been reading it on and off ever since (just finished it yesterday). Just wanted to tell you what an incredible resource book this is…you cover everything anyone needs to know. In the spring/summer I am planning to landscape a perennial garden for my sister-in-law. Although I already had some good ideas, your book, with all its lists and helpful hints, will hopefully make the project that much better (actually, much, much better!). So, thank you for writing such an easy-to-follow guide, full of so much good information and complete with answers to so many basic questions one needs to know. Just wanted you to know.” – Janelle