Winterland Create a beautiful garden for every season

For many gardeners, those who live in climates where the ground doesn't freeze, winter gardening isn't that different from the rest of the year, but for folks in colder regions, touching the soil is a no-go during those frozen months. Here is an entire book devoted to designing a garden that will be pleasing to enjoy in winter despite the limitations. By using structure, emphasizing contrasts, embellishing with lighting and other elements, and performing seasonally appropriate maintenance, the winter garden can be enjoyable beyond the oft-referred to winter interest of the stalks of plants that have died off for the growing year. Rees, a gardener and horticulturist in Maine (where winter can last seven months), uses the expertise she's accumulated to highlight the seemingly small choices that can have a big impact during the fallow months between growing seasons. Where most gardening books that refer to winter focus on those warmer climates, this is a rare treat that concentrates on enjoying the garden even at a time when it must be done from indoors.