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Create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift. Green
spaces are the perfect antidote to fast city living. Learn how to
create your own small garden with expert gardener Joe Swift's
practical, easy-to-follow advice. From courtyards to rooftops,
transform awkward and unexciting spaces with inspirational ideas
and solutions. Whatever you want your green space to look like and
be used for, Joe's no-nonsense approach guides you through issues
such as privacy, boundaries and shade, to growing plants in areas
with little to no soil. The wider environmental benefits are
significant - helping to reduce pollution and minimise the heat
island effect (a result of the hardscape in towns and cities). The
plants will increase biodiversity, and many will be an important
year-round resource for wildlife. In this book, Joe covers a vast
range of exciting, impactful and innovative ways to stamp your
personality on your outdoor space. He demonstrates how to use
paving, boundaries, containers, furniture, water and sculpture to
help structure and define, and how to give the starring role to the
plants you choose to draw the seasons into our towns and cities.
Joe Swift is an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He makes
regular appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS Flower
Shows
Dwarf and median bearded irises are the little floral jewels of the
gardening world, extending the iris season by six to eight weeks
with great panache. Relatively new on the horticultural scene,
these small and miniature replicas of larger bearded irises have
nevertheless taken it by storm, because their 4-to-27-inch height
makes them the perfect size for most American gardens. Dr. Kevin
Vaughn, who has hybridized these irises over a 50-year period in
diverse climates, describes all five dwarf and median bearded-iris
classes. He offers suggestions both for historical and modern
cultivars, describes best cultivation practices, and details
hybridizing methods. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 200 color
photos of outstanding specimens, this comprehensive book is both
for beginners who want to try some of the hottest perennials on the
market, and for seasoned iris growers who want to learn more about
their favorite plant.
Orchids have always inspired passion. Their exotic flowers and
vibrant colours draw people in, but their reputation as fussy and
difficult to grow keep many houseplant fans from adding them to
their home decor. But orchids can be easy to grow and Marc
Hachadourian, the curator of the orchid collection at the New York
Botanical Garden, details exactly how in his new book. Orchid
Modern includes basic information on potting, watering, and care.
Hachadourian profiles the top 100 plant picks, focusing on
varieties that are readily available and easy to grow. Step-by-step
projects, including a jewel orchid terrarium, an orchid wreath, an
orchid kokedama, and a woodland centerpiece, will inspire readers
to express their individual style and add orchids to their home
decor. Packed with accessible information and hundreds of stylish
photographs, Orchid Modern demystifies this intimidating plant and
offers inspiration for modern styling.
Simple Pleasures Throughout the Year "Simple Pleasures has become
my go-to book for remembering to slow down and enjoy the little
things in life." -Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass
Affirmations, The Book of Awesome Women, and more An abundant
sourcebook of ideas, encouraging quotes, recipes, and soothing
activities, Simple Pleasures of the Garden shows you how to
appreciate the simple things within your daily activities. The
secret to living well year round can be found in the abundance of
your home garden, so get to planting those seeds of simple joys and
herbal healing! Nurture your mind, body, and soul. Sometimes
finding the positive can be hard, but it doesn't have to be. From
the recipe for a homemade herbal bath for a spa day to quick and
easy recommendations for an instant room makeover, the suggestions
and home recipes collected in this book offer a new appreciation
for the everyday activities that nurture and comfort you. Simplify
your emotional self care. Taking care of yourself doesn't have to
be expensive, unrealistic, or inaccessible. It can be as easy as
tending to a green garden, making healing herbal tonics, sipping
calming teas, or spending time with other natural energy boosters.
Pleasures are made, not bought, so unlock new secrets to happiness
with these touching stories, practical tips, and satisfying crafts.
Inside this positive attitude book you'll find: Ways to decorate
your home with nature crafts, growing herbs, and an air of magic
Advice on how to foster a routine for a rejuvenating self care year
Tips on how to become the gardener of your moods and emotions If
you liked seasonal self care books like A Year of Self-Care, Grow
Your Own Medicine, or A Woman's Garden, you'll love Simple
Pleasures of the Garden.
Garden expert and lovable eccentric Ruth Stout once said: "At the
age of 87 I grow vegetables for two people the year-round, doing
all the work myself and freezing the surplus. I tend several flower
beds, write a column every week, answer an awful lot of mail, do
the housework and cooking; and never do any of these things after
11 o'clock in the morning " Her first book about her no-work
gardening system, "How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching
Back," was the kind of book people can't bear to return. She
reports, "A dentist in Pennsylvania and a doctor in Oregon have
both written me that they keep a copy of my garden book in their
waiting rooms. Or try to; the dentist has had twenty-three copies
stolen, the doctor, sixteen." "Gardening Without Work" is her
second gardening book and is even more entertaining and
instructional than the first, so hide it from your friends How does
it work? "And now let's get down to business. The labor-saving part
of my system is that I never plow, spade, sow a cover crop, harrow,
hoe, cultivate, weed, water or irrigate, or spray. I use just one
fertilizer (cottonseed or soybean meal), and I don't go through the
tortuous business of building a compost pile. Just yesterday, under
the Questions and Answers' in a big reputable farm paper, someone
asked how to make a compost pile and the editor explained the
arduous performance. After I read this I lay there on the couch and
suffered because the victim's address wasn't given; there was no
way I could reach him. "My way is simply to keep a thick mulch of
any vegetable matter that rots on both my vegetable and flower
garden all year round. As it decays and enriches the soil, I add
more." Regardless of topic, Ruth Stout's writing is always about
living a joyous and independent life, and "Gardening Without Work"
is no exception This book is a treasure for the gardener and a
delight even to the non-gardener. First published in 1961, this
Norton Creek Press version is an exact reproduction of the original
edition. Ruth Stout, who, in her teens helped temperance activist
Carrie Nation smash saloon windows, could turn any aspect of life
into an adventure. She may have been the only woman who both
gardened in the nude and wrote a book on being a hostess ("Company
Coming: Six Decades of Hospitality"). She died in 1980 at the age
of 96.
A no-fuss guide to caring for your indoor plants - ideal for
first-time gardeners! Do you want to know how to keep your
houseplants alive and thriving indoors but don't know where to
start? This gardening book for beginners will help you care for
over 60 houseplant varieties. You don't have to be a horticulture
expert to create an indoor garden, this indispensable reference
book will take you through every single step! It includes: - Easy
indoor gardening tips and expert advice on indoor gardening for
beginners - Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how, this
easy-to-use guide has everything you need to know to help your -
houseplants grow - Easy-to-follow format to help grow your
gardening skills - Learn how to look after, rescue, and propagate
plants including a rubber plant, fiddle fig leaf, a bread plant and
more! Houseplants can magically transform any living space but
looking after them can be tricky. If you are new to owning plants,
this easy-to-use guide is packed with essential care tips and
expert advice for happy and thriving indoor plants. Gorgeous,
full-colour photography and simple step by step instructions will
show you how to care for a wide range of indoor plants. This indoor
gardening book for beginners also includes a plant directory of
over 90 houseplants to practice your new gardening skills! Delve
into the right succulents to plant, how to grow a fern and choosing
the perfect trailing plants for your indoor spaces. Grow
Houseplants is perfect for first-time gardeners, especially renters
and people who live in smaller spaces. Make your green-fingered
dreams a reality with the Grow series from DK. Learn how to sow,
grow, and harvest vegetables successfully in Grow Easy Veg, or
discover how to garden more sustainably in Grow Eco-Gardening.
Alternatively, there are more titles to explore such as Grow
Pruning & Training and Grow Compost.
Auriculas are spring-flowering alpine beauties and a sensational
draw whenever they are seen, at primula and auricula flower shows,
on display in auricula theatres, or in the garden. This essential
guide tells of their rich history, describes various cultivars in
detail, instructs on propagation techniques and explains how to
grow and show them. Topics covered include: monthly guide to
cultivation; advice on composts, fertilizers and how to raise new
plants; in-depth look at pest and disease recognition and control;
description of the alpine house and other greenhouses and
instruction on how to make an auricula theatre and a cold frame is
given. A comprehensive list of different cultivars is included.
The content of this book originally appeared in The New Kitchen
Garden, published in 2015. 'An endless selection of delicious
produce you can plant, grow and then cook with.' Raymond Blanc OBE
Now you can create your own delicious edible garden at home! More
and more people are being inspired to grow a little of what they
eat at home. But while starting your own kitchen garden may seem
like a daunting task at first, Grow & Cook makes it easy.
Award-winning author and gardener, Mark Diacono, has distilled
years of knowledge into this pocket-sized book. Whether you are new
to gardening and only have a small window box or you are much more
experienced with the space to experiment, this user-friendly
handbook will inspire and help you. Mark is here to show you that
there are plenty of options for everyone and lots of exciting new
varieties to discover. Each variety in the book includes a wealth
of information on when to sow, growing tips, potential problems,
harvesting and plenty more. There are hundreds of varieties to pick
from that can be grown and then used in your kitchen. Mark
separates the growing guides into three groups: * Vegetables *
Fruit & Nuts * Herbs & Spices Whatever you choose to grow
should suit your lifestyle. You might prefer something tough and
sturdy that doesn't need too much love or time commitment, or you
might get pleasure from the steady graft of looking after your veg
patch. Whichever your circumstances, your kitchen garden should
bring you joy both in the growing process and then in the kitchen.
Grow & Cook is the essential pocket guide for modern gardeners.
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One of the most popular of all spring-flowering bulbs, the tulip
has a history that is as colourful as the flower itself. In the
1600s, in the heyday of "tulipomania", these blooms were rare, very
expensive and considered status symbols by European aristocrats.
Today, just about all of us can afford to "tiptoe through the
tulips" right in our own gardens. This easy-to-use, abundantly
illustrated guide tells novice and expert gardeners everything they
need to know to successfully grow many exquisite varieties of
tulip, from the bizarre Parrot to the classic Rembrandt.
The Royal Horticultural Society's The Rose tells the story of the
world's favourite flower through 40 of the most popular and
interesting species and hybrids. Arranged chronologically, The Rose
brings to life the arrival of each flower in European gardens,
detailing the history of the layout of rose gardens and the role
that roses play in the 'language of flowers'. From the first
recorded reference to a rose over 7,000 years ago, these
extraordinary flowers have captivated botanists, artists, poets,
perfumers and gardeners. A symbol of love and patriotism, a scent
and flavour synonymous with the East, and the jewel in the crown of
ornamental gardens, roses in all their forms bear a special meaning
that spans centuries and crosses oceans. Extraordinary botanical
illustrations and extracts from classic texts held in the Royal
Horticultural society's world-famous Lindley Library, such as
Redoute's Les Roses, Henry Andrew's Roses, Mary Lawrence's
Selection of Roses and Victor Paquet's Choix des Plus Belles Roses,
complete this authoritative celebration.
A true story of one of the world's strangest plants and humanity's
oddest obsessions: the orchid, brought to book by the author,
traveller and self-confessed orchid obsessive. From the Orinoco
River to the hothouses of Kew, and the clandestine nurseries of
Europe to the peat bogs of Minnesota, this is a dark and humorous
tale of orchid smugglers, ice-cream makers and visionary breeders;
of courruption, murder and moths with 12-inch tongues; and of the
vicious, bizarre world of international plant politics and the wide
range of gentle people whose overriding passion is the cultivation
of these beautiful, fragile flowers.
In this volume, John Howells attempts to bring clarity to a
confusing subject. Gardeners are bewildered with the choice of over
1000 clematis in the "Plantfinder". How can the gardener know the
characteristics, growing requirements, attractions, faults and
flowering time of so many? Some years ago the author devised a
straighforward classification of clematis by dividing them into 12
groups, a system which is now universally followed. The main part
of the book considers all 12 groups in order of flowering . Each
group has an unmistakable description and unambiguous
illustrations. A number of easy to grow clematis in each group are
described and illustrated. Understandable but brief descriptions
are given for the cultivation of each group. A knowledge of just 12
clematis, one from each group, gives the key to knowing all 1000.
With this key the gardener can quickly choose what appeals and what
suits the chosen planting area. There is also guidance on how to
buy clematis and how to develop a clematis collection. Lists of the
best clematis are provided.
Features over 335 annuals best suited to growing conditions in
Ohio. Gardeners will enjoy the more than 400 brilliant full-color
photographs in the book. They'll also benefit from the
down-to-earth knowledge and extensive experience of Ohio
horticulturist and garden designer Debra Knapke and Alison Beck,
author of more than a dozen gardening guides.
Over 500 annuals suitable to MN & WI climate. How & when to
start your plants. Tips on planting, growing, recommended varities,
problems & pests.
Never kill another orchid - give them a happy life! Learn how to
keep your orchids flowering beautifully, year after year, with
advice from an RHS Gold Medal-winning orchid grower. And discover
sensational new varieties to add to your collection. Did you know
that many orchids hate being in direct sunlight? Or that most
orchids have a crucial dormant period when their care needs change?
Happy Orchid dispels the myths around orchid care, starting with a
simple, step-by-step introduction that offers tips on buying
orchids and demonstrates all the essential growing techniques,
including how to plant, what feed to give them - orchids are fussy
eaters! - and how to water and maintain humidity. Discover more
than 120 illustrated profiles of the most desirable orchids to
grow: graceful Phalaenopsis, delicate Dendrobium, spectacular
Cymbidium and many more varieties. Each profiled orchid lets you
know exactly what they need for optimum growth, including where
best to place them, how often they need repotting, how to prolong
flowering and encourage reflowering. With this book as your guide,
you will quickly become an expert on how to grow orchids and be
inspired to fill your home with these striking, colourful beauties.
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