Succession of Bloom in the Perennial Garden published by Natureworks, LLC.

It's not every day you see Excel spreadsheets "all dressed up" in a beautifully designed book. Succession of Bloom in the Perennial Garden by Nancy DuBrule-Clemente represents a fruitful collaboration of gardening, programming and graphic design. The book started with Nancy's knowledge of plants and when they bloom and the idea of charting that information for garden planners. Tony Clemente's programming made the bar charts possible and Cheney & Company helped move the presentation from idea stage to actual book!

The finished product is a beautifully designed, sturdy 48-page book with laminated cover, containing lots of great background information, a common name index and a unique guide for Connecticut garden designers that visually depicts the succession of blooming of all kinds of perennial plants. The book retails for a modest $19.95.