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For everyone from beginners to masters, the one essential book to
growing, grooming, and caring for your bonsai tree.
Bonsai is the ancient craft of carefully regulating the growth and
shape of trees in order to produce miniature versions of mature
trees. Dating back over one thousand years to ancient Japan, bonsai
trees are some of the most beautiful and meticulously looked-after
plants in the world, and in recent years bonsai have exploded in
popularity in the Western world.
"Bonsai," written by world-renowned bonsai expert Peter Chan, is
the essential compendium for anyone interested in trying out bonsai
for the first time or adding more bonsai to their existing
collections, detailing everything you need to know about buying and
maintaining a magnificent bonsai tree, including:
- How to pick the right bonsai for you
- Tools and supplies to ensure your bonsai prospers
- How to shape your bonsai into different styles
- How different pots affect the growth of your bonsai
- And much more
With hundreds of color photographs and easy-to-read directions and
explanations on a variety of subjects, "Bonsai" is the only book
you'll ever need to successfully start and maintain your own
beautiful bonsai tree collection.
Succulents offer dazzling possibilities, requiring only minimal
maintenance and very little water to remain lush and alluring
year-round. And no one knows them better than the Queen of
Succulents, Debra Lee Baldwin. This new, completely revised second
edition of her bestselling classic is a design compendium that is
as practical as it is inspirational. Designing with Succulents
shares design and cultivation basics; hundreds of succulent plant
recommendations; and profiles of 50 easy-care, drought-tolerant
companion plants. Featured gardens from designers and creative
homeowners show the stunning potential of these otherworldly
plants. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 400 photographs, you will
find everything you need to visualize, create, and nurture a
thriving, water-smart succulent garden.
Create a harmonious garden style all the year round with innovative
use of colour and pattern. Experience the soothing sounds of
birdsong, the hum of insects, the rustle of leaves and the gentle
trickle of water in the garden. Tempt your palate with sweet and
edible flowers, plump summer fruits, delicious gourmet vegetables
and fragrant herbs. Incorporate soft, velvety-textured plants and
shrubs that cry out to be touched, and tactile floor surfaces that
invite bare feet. Plant heady-scented roses, fragrant climbers and
aromatic bulbs, annuals, herbs and shrubs to make your own pleasure
garden. This beautiful book will show you how to add sensory
elements into the garden, whether planting a fragrant honeysuckle
near a window, adding a gently flowing water feature to attract
wildlife, or planning beautiful borders to create romantic
atmosphere or glorious year-round colour. Imagine the captivating
scent of herbs and flowers, feast your eyes on a sunny summer
border, hear the busy hum of bees, brush past soft foliage and
taste sweet fruit freshly picked. A garden can incorporate all
these elements whatever its aspect or size. With practical planting
suggestions and delightful, evocative photographs of achievable
garden schemes, "Creating a Garden of the Senses" will inspire you
to make your garden a sensory paradise.
A full-colour and beautifully illustrated guide into transforming
your existing garden or plot of land into a modern,
visually-stunning - but also easily achieved and maintained -
space. Including full-colour images and tips and tricks from
gardening experts and Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners Harry
and David Rich as well as suggestions tailored to various garden
types, this is a must-read for anyone wanting that little bit of
paradise to escape to at home... 'Full of creativity and good
ideas... plenty here to whet the appetite of an aspiring garden
designer' -- Gardens Illustrated 'Love Your Plot is a book to read
right through and then dip into again to bring a particular idea or
method of working back into focus.' -- Garden Design Journal 'Very
inspiring' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is a joy to own,
beautifully written and illustrated. It's crammed with information,
easy to read and fantastic inspiration' -- ***** Reader review
'Awesome book. Clear and easy to understand with lots of useful
tips' -- ***** Reader review 'Best book ever for any garden
designer - an excellent read' -- ***** Reader review 'A gold mine
of garden design wisdom' -- ***** Reader review
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Fusing conceptual garden design with the beauty of the natural
landscape, twice Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winners and stars
of BBC's Garden Rescue Harry and David Rich are here to show you
how you can transform your outdoor space into a beautiful Eden, no
matter what plot you have. In Love Your Plot Harry and David set
out to help you transform your outdoor space into an inspiration
green haven by making nature work for you. Fusing different outdoor
elements, such as coastal and woodland landscapes, alongside key
design principles, they will show you how to create a modern,
practical and visually stunning outdoor space that will awe and
inspire - and that is crucially easy to maintain. Complete with
practical tips, unique sketches and designs, planting suggestions
and stunning full-colour visuals, Love Your Plot will have you
reaching for the spade and wellies in no time at all to create your
own Eden, no matter what plot you've got.
Monty Don made a triumphant return to our screens as presenter of
Gardeners' World. A firm favourite with viewers, Monty's infectious
enthusiasm for plants, attention to the finer details of gardening
technique and easy charm have seen the ratings soar. Here Monty
invites us into the garden at Longmeadow, to show us how he created
this beautiful garden, and how we can do the same in our own.
Following the cycle of the seasons, Gardening at Longmeadow will
introduce readers to the garden from the earliest snowdrops of
January through the first splashes of colour in the Spring Garden,
the electric summer displays of the Jewel Garden, the autumn
harvest in the orchard, and on to a Christmas feast sourced from
the vegetable gardens. Describing the magic of each area at
different times of the year, Monty will explain the basics of what
to do when and how to get the most from each plant. He'll talk
through the essential techniques and more complex processes,
accompanied by easy-to-follow, step-by-step photography. Longmeadow
is a gardeners' garden, but this will be a book for gardening
enthusiasts of all skill levels who have been inspired by what
they've seen, and who would like to achieve something similar for
themselves.
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