Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't: How to Grow an Olive Tree in a Pot

$25.95

Ever wondered if it's possible to grow olive trees in Canada? Grow Olives Where You Think You Can’t by horticulturist Steven Biggs is the first comprehensive guide to cold-climate olive cultivation, helping gardeners in cold climates grow an olive tree in a pot. This book gives you key information on choosing a variety, successfully growing an olive tree, and care such as pruning. And it gives you lots of ideas for how to safely get your exotic olive tree through the Canadian winter.

Ever wondered if it's possible to grow olive trees in Canada? Grow Olives Where You Think You Can’t by horticulturist Steven Biggs is the first comprehensive guide to cold-climate olive cultivation, helping gardeners in cold climates grow an olive tree in a pot. This book gives you key information on choosing a variety, successfully growing an olive tree, and care such as pruning. And it gives you lots of ideas for how to safely get your exotic olive tree through the Canadian winter.

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What You’ll Learn

This book gives you what you need to know to grow an olive tree in a pot. (And get olives!)

  • Choose the right location for your olive tree

  • Prune like an expert

  • Water and feed so it thrives

  • Propagate it so you can give your friends olive trees

  • Conquer winter (you don’t need a greenhouse!)

  • And, most importantly, find out what your olive tree needs so that you get some olives as a reward for your effort!

Who This Book Is For

This book is for home gardeners living in cold climates, where it’s too cold for an olive tree to survive without a bit of extra TLC. Find out what you need to know about indoor olive tree care.

Why This Book Is Unique

Want to grow an olive tree in Canada? Author Steven Biggs is a horticulturist and expert on growing exotic plants in cold climates. He harvests olives from the potted olive trees in his Toronto garden. This is the definitive guide for olive tree care.

From the Book

3 Reasons to Grow Olive Trees in Cold-Climate Gardens

Readers Say…

OMG. Just got the book today. It’s wonderful. Above and beyond what I was expecting.

Rose, Canada

Book Details

Page count: 102

Paperback

Full colour throughout

ISBN: 978-0-9868144-5-7

Published by No Guff Press, 2025

Printed in Canada

BISAC Codes

  • GAR027020   GARDENING / Climatic / Temperate

  • GAR005000   GARDENING / Fruit

  • GAR010000   GARDENING / House Plants & Indoor

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