I trust that someone in this forum can be of help to me. I am anxious to purchase for my son and daughter-in-law a gardening book. A year ago, they purchased a home in Port Moody with a quite well-established property. Neither had gardened to any extent and I have received many, many calls. Problem is that I live in Nova Scotia and my daughter-in-law's parents live in the Thunder Bay area. Could someone suggest to me a really good book suited to the Vancouver-area climate and one that would also be full of information on just about everything to novice gardeners. Greatly appreciated.
They might get something out of this one as well. Same publisher has other regional gardening titles. http://www.whitecap.ca/search_individual.asp?isbn_search=1551106248
timber press also has some good regional titles. I second the sunset garden book as the first one for a local, good reference book for most things.