This book provides proven strategies for growing gorgeous, low-maintenance perennial gardens in colder climates. It is written from a do-it-yourself, roll-up-your-sleeves and tell-it-straight gardener"s point of view. Kerry Ann Mendez shares here tough-love trade secrets for time- and money-saving gardens in her inspirational and humorous style. Her seventy top-ten lists will transform the way you think about gardening. Now you can have your dream gardens and more time to admire them from a lounge chair! Kerry Ann Mendez is a "passionate perennialist" and the owner of Perennially Yours gardening services. She has gardened for twenty-five years in upstate New York and consults around the Northeast. Kerry is a garden columnist and has written for or been featured in many national magazines, including Garden Gate, Fine Gardening, and Better Homes and Gardens Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living. She was featured on HGTV, has hosted television gardening segments and maintains an extensive lecture schedule. She teaches over twenty gardening classes that thousands have enjoyed. For more about Kerry and Perennially Yours, visit her website at www.pyours.com. "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 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