Flower Gardening in Kansas City : Secrets and Tips From the Area"s Best Gardeners, is as useful as it is beautiful, illustrated with lush photographs and filled with helpful hints from Kansas Citians with the greenest thumbs, the book will surely inspire and inform your inner gardener. The Kansas City area poses more gardening challenges than almost anywhere else in the country - dry summers, cold winters and bad soil, to name a few. And yet our area also boasts hundreds of magnificent gardens. Author Craig Nienaber has gathered lots of tips from veteran gardeners with a lifetime of experience growing flowers in Kansas City.