Richard L. Bitner
Horticultural Education, Lectures,
Writing, Photography
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... is taking the summer off, bedeviled by those demanding herbaceous perennials. |
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Leisure, slowness, contemplation: in an age of presumed efficiency and professionalism, these amateur virtues are perhaps despised, but they may underlie the greatest joys of gardening, and of life. It is not enough to grow the most beautiful things. It is even better to explore them, to identify with them, and to grow into a rather new consciousness of them. -- Henry Mitchell, The Essential Earthman |
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Dr. Richard L. Bitner is a garden writer and photographer whose work has appeared in numerous national and regional magazines. He studied horticulture at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, where for many years he was an instructor in the Continuing Education program. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Gold Medal Plant Award Committee, and has made it his mission to promote the appreciation and use of conifers. His most recent book is Designing with Conifers, available from Timber Press, publisher of his previous books: Conifers for Gardens and Timber Press Pocket Guide to Conifers. Richard contributes the 'Gardening Jouney' column monthly in Lancaster County Magazine. | |||
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DESIGNING WITH CONIFERS: THE BEST CHOICES FOR YEAR-ROUND INTEREST IN YOUR GARDEN
CONIFERS FOR GARDENS: AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA
TIMBER PRESS POCKET GUIDE TO CONIFERS |
